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Egyptians vote in referendum aimed at extending Sisi's rule
Apr 20, 2019 11:06Egyptians have begun voting in a three-day national referendum on constitutional amendments that would extend President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi's rule until 2030.
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Egypt: Newly-discovered tomb unveiled on World Heritage Day
Apr 19, 2019 08:36The newly-discovered, 3,500-year-old tomb of an ancient Egyptian soldier was unveiled in Luxor on Thursday, April 18, marking World Heritage Day.
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Egypt’s parliament votes to extend Sisi's rule until 2030
Apr 17, 2019 08:16Egypt's parliament has voted in favor of a number of constitutional amendments that would extend the rule of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and would allow him to stay in power until 2030.
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Libya’s UN-backed govt. says downed Haftar warplane
Apr 15, 2019 10:06Libya’s UN-backed government says its military has shot down a fighter jet belonging to the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), led by strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are fighting for the control of the capital Tripoli.
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Revelations: Egypt's Mubarak says Syria refused to recognize Israel in exchange for Golan offer
Apr 12, 2019 07:14Egypt's former dictator Hosni Mubarak has revealed that an Israeli proposal to give the occupied Golan Heights to Syria was turned down by Syria's then-President Hafez al-Assad in 1998 to avoid recognizing Israel.
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Egypt pulls out of anti-Iran alliance envisioned by US, allies
Apr 11, 2019 12:27Egypt has reportedly turned its back on a US-led initiative to establish a NATO-style alliance of Arab countries primarily aimed at countering Iran out of concerns that such a coalition could increase tensions with the Islamic Republic, among other reasons.
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Gunmen attack Egypt police vehicle, two dead
Apr 07, 2019 16:42Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said.
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Israel was behind Morsi’s overthrow: General
Apr 05, 2019 06:44Israel was behind the 2013 coup in Egypt that toppled Mohamed Morsi, the African country’s first ever democratically-elected president, an Israeli general has revealed.
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Egypt court upholds verdict, places 169 Brotherhood convicts on terror list
Mar 16, 2019 19:23An Egyptian court has upheld an earlier verdict against 169 convicted members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement and placed them on the country’s terror list for the next five years.
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Iran will be opening new chapter with Iraq: Zarif
Mar 10, 2019 12:49Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an upcoming visit by President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq — the president’s first — will be the beginning of a new chapter in Tehran-Baghdad relations.