sahar Ragab Dr. Badr Abdel Aati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, attended the Christmas Mass held at the Egyptian Orthodox Church in the Omani capital, Muscat, on Monday evening, January 6, during his official visit to the Sultanate of Oman. During his speech at the Mass, Minister Abdel Aati …
Read More »Turkish Ambassador visits Sherbaty companies in Sadat City
Wagdy Abdelaziz The Turkish Ambassador to Cairo, Salih Mutlu Şen, accompanied by a group of Egyptian journalists, visited the Sherbaty factories group in Sadat City in Menoufia Governorate. The ambassador stressed the importance of trade and economic relations between the two countries, expressing his appreciation for the role played by …
Read More »France hands over last army base in Chad
Muhamad Yehia Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country, the Kossei base, in N’Djamena. Though it was Chad who announced the end of the defence pact, the head of the French Armed Forces’ Africa …
Read More »Syrians demonstrate for national unity in several cities
Muhamad yehia DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators gathered after Friday payers in several cities calling for unity against sectarian divisions and to memorialize rebel fighters who have died. It marked the third consecutive Friday of demonstrations since Bashar Assad’s government was overthrown in a sweeping offensive led by …
Read More »Chinese workers found in ‘slavery-like conditions’ in Brazil taken to hotels as probe gets underway
Muhamad Yehia CAMACARI, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of Chinese workers found by authorities in poor condition at a construction site in Brazil for electric vehicle automaker BYD have been taken and placed in hotels in the country’s tropical northeast region. Local prosecutors alleged that the laborers are victims of human trafficking who were living …
Read More »Alone against a renewed insurgency, Assad may face the end of his rule without his strongest allies
Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest city, Aleppo, and his opponents were closing in on the capital, Damascus. Back then, …
Read More »Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged passports, Lebanese judicial and security officials said. Assad’s uncle departed the day before. Rasha Khazem, the wife …
Read More »Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran
Muhamad Yehia ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Cecilia Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on Dec. 19, the ministry said, adding that it was …
Read More »Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say
Muhamad Yehia DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, the territory’s health ministry said. The army denied claims it had entered or set fire to the complex and accused …
Read More »Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says
Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.’s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday. Julien Harneis told U.N. reporters that the most frightening thing about the …
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