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Pope Tawadros wishes 2018 peaceful, good for Egypt
Date: 2018-01-04 11:41:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7173553
Pope Tawadros of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark wished that 2018 would be a year of peace and prosperity for Egypt. The pontiff’s remarks came during his weekly sermon, in which he mourned the victims of the terror attack in ....
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Al Azhar 'defensive wall' against terrorist groups
Date: 2018-01-04 11:19:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7174043
Al-Azhar Deputy Imam Abbas Shoman said that Al Azhar Al Sharif is a well-fortified defensive wall against terrorist groups. Speaking at a symposium hosted by the World Association for Al Azhar Graduates on Thursday, Shoman said that the aim of ....
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50 Houthi militants killed in Saudi-led coalition operations in western Yemen
Date: 2018-01-04 10:31:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7173947
More than 50 Houthi militants were killed in sweep operations targeting Houthi posts in the Yemeni western coast, Yemeni sources said on Thursday. Speaking to Sky News channel, they noted that the coalition conducted large-scale sweep operation ....
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Syrian army says destroyed Nusra site in Hama
Date: 2018-01-04 10:20:35 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7173639
Units of the Syrian army attacked a main site of Jabhat al-Nusra in the outskirts of Harbnefseh in Wadi Anz in Hama, the state news agency reported on Wednesday. The attack left scores of the terrorists dead and injured, SANA said. The army ....
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Israeli warplanes raid agricultural lands in Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-01-04 10:17:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7173903
Israeli warplanes dropped on Thursday four rockets on agricultural lands in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. The aerial bombardment left no casualties, Palestinian radio stations said. On Wednesday, Israeli media outlets claimed that four ....
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File of Alex buildings at risk of collapse to be referred to Heritage Preservation Administration
Date: 2018-01-04 10:16:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7173914
Alexandria Governor Mohamed Sultan ordered that any decision to remove a building at risk of collapse should be referred to the Alexandria Heritage Preservation General Administration to ensure that they are not listed as an archaeological site or a ....
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Condition of injured in Mar Marina church attack better --official
Date: 2018-01-04 10:12:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7173876
Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman Polis Halim asserted that the condition of those injured in Mar Mina church attack in Helwan is improving. In a statement on Thursday, Halim said that Emad Farag, who was injured during the attack and lost his ....
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Russia denies reports on destruction of 7 aircraft at Syria's Hmeymim airbase
Date: 2018-01-04 10:07:59 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7173803
The Russian Defense Ministry said that reports on seven aircraft destroyed at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria on December 31 are not true, TASS news agency reported. Two military servicemen were killed in the December 31 mortar shelling of the ....
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4 Takfiris killed in central Sinai - military spokesman
Date: 2018-01-04 09:27:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7173824
Law enforcement forces of the Third Field Army in cooperation with the Air Forces killed over the past few days two dangerous Takfiri elements and arrested two others in central Sinai, Military Spokesman Tamer el Refaie said. In a statement on ....
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WB official urges establishing sovereign wealth fund in Egypt
Date: 2018-01-04 09:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:7173705
A senior World Bank official has stressed the importance of establishing a sovereign wealth fund in Egypt for coming generations. In an interview with the state-run Al Akhbar newspaper, World Bank Group's senior vice president Mahmoud Mohie el ....