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After the long arguments and feuds involving mistreatment of Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arbia, Egypt had banned its citizens from working there, as a means of keeping incidents from occurring again. Two Egyptian doctors were accused and found guilty of misusing their practices by illegally selling pharmaceuticals, and one doctor was charged with having an [...]
Tense relations between Egypt and Hamas have soured after Cairo for the first time openly accused the Islamists of torpedoing Palestinian reconciliation talks.
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit was quoted as saying on Thursday that months of Egyptian-mediated talks between rivals Hamas and Fatah failed in November because of “Hamas’s lack of enthusiasm toward reconciliation.”
As the [...]
The Hamas authorities in control of the Gaza Strip have threatened to prevent Muslim pilgrims leaving Gaza to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, unless a dispute over visas is resolved. According to the BBC, Egypt has said it will only allow pilgrims to enter its territory from Gaza, if their Saudi visa applications [...]
Egyptian police have found a cache of explosives in Sinai that were probably destined for the Gaza Strip, a security official said. Police seized about 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of TNT, and dozens of mortar rounds and anti-tank grenades on Saturday after a tip-off from local residents near the Gaza border.
“They were probably being prepared [...]
An Egyptian-born nuclear physicist, Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni, said his rights were violated when the Department of Energy revoked his security clearance.The scientist, who has left the United States, had filed a lawsuit in June saying he was being punished for criticizing the Iraq war and President Bush’s treatment of Muslims after the Sept. 11 [...]
Egyptian police detained 28 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood movement in the northwestern coastal town of Marsa Matrouh on Saturday, police and Brotherhood sources told Reuters. The police said the Islamists, 24 from Marsa Matrouh province and four from the coastal city of Alexandria, were attending an organizational meeting. The Brotherhood said police took them [...]
The Minister of Health in the Gaza Strip has declared that the largest hospital in Palestine is running on fuel smuggled through tunnels between Rafah and Egypt, and is at risk of losing all power at any time. Dr. Hassan Khalaf said Wednesday that “if the stock from the Ministry of Health is exhausted then [...]
The Indian Ocean faces a serious threat from marauding pirates who operate out of Somalia, and who have attacked the ancient sea trade routes linking East with West. Egypt has showed no immediate response to the problem, and has not opted to join the international community in fighting this growing menace. According to Reuters, the [...]
The smuggling of fuel to Gaza is commonplace amid Israeli restrictions on access to the territory. Egyptian officials have said that the north of Egypt’s Sinai region is running out of fuel due to smuggling operations across the border to the Gaza Strip, which is being blockaded by Israel. Local officials have said that agricultural [...]
Iran and Syria have failed to cooperate with two investigations regarding suspected clandestine nuclear work according to the United Nations atomic agency. Shiite Muslim-governed Iran supports Hezbollah, based in Lebanon. The United States classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization working with both Iran and Syria. The U.S. allies, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt have warned [...]
