Egypt reaffirms support for political solution to crisis in Syria
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shukri, has reaffirmed Egypt’s support for the political solution to the crisis in Syria, which preserves the unity of the Syrian state and its institutions and meets aspirations of the Syrian people. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ahmed Abu Zeid, said: “ Shukri, during his meeting with UN Special Envoy to Syria, […]
IMF approves $2 bn loan installment for Egypt
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the third installment of a $12 billion, three-year loan for Egypt, bringing the total released to date to just over $6 billion. The IMF board approved the latest $2 billion disbursement under the deal signed in November 2016, after a fund team last month praised Cairo’s progress on […]
France suggests Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran join Contact Group on Syria
Paris has suggested that Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh and Tehran join the Contact Group on Syria in the future, French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie Bermann told on Monday, adding that the five permanent member states of the UN Security Council did not see eye to eye on this matter. She said that later the permanent members […]
Yemen Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack in Egypt
TEHRAN – President, prime minister, foreign minister and the information minister of the Sana’a-based ruling executive body dubbed as ‘Yemen’s Supreme Political Council’ strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that killed over 300 people. In separate statements released by Yemen’s Saba News Agency, President Saleh al-Sammad, Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, Foreign […]
Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement Slams Fatal Mosque Attack in Egypt
TEHRAN – Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement’s Spokesperson Mohamed Abdel Salam strongly condemned Friday deadly terrorist attack in the Egypt, which killed and wounded hundreds of people. “We strongly condemn the criminal action in which a mosque in north Sinai was targeted,” the Yemeni official said, Beirut based al-Manar TV network reported. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah […]
Egypt Mosque Attack Death Toll Climbs above 300
TEHRAN – The death toll in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in northern Sinai has risen to 305, with 27 children among the dead, Egypt’s state prosecutor said Saturday. Another 128 people were injured, according to a statement from the public prosecutor read out on Egyptian state-run news channel Nile TV. Between […]
Egypt Court Upholds Ousted President Mursi’s 25-Year in Jail
TEHRAN – An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld life sentence in prison against the ousted president Mohamed Mursi over charges of spying for Qatar, State-run Nile TV reported. Life sentence in Egypt is 25 years in prison. The Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appeal court, rejected Mursi’s appeal and said the ruling against him is […]