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... seeking to topple the Cairo government. JUDY WOODRUFF: I read that this went on for hours and hours. How well-equipped, how prepared was the Egyptian military? YARA BAYOUMY: Well, the Egyptian military has been fighting this insurgency for over -- or about two years now. And it has actually intensified ...
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday overturned a lower court ruling that designated the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization, court officials said. Hamas officials welcomed the move, which may herald improved relations between Egypt's government and Hamas, the Gaza Strip's governing faction. Hamas is an ...
... more than 500 were given death sentences in a separate case, though most were later commuted to life in prison. Like all death sentences in Egypt, the decision must be referred to the Grand Mufti, Egypt's top Sunni Muslim religious authority, for consideration. The Mufti is scheduled to make ...
Egypt’s first freely elected leader Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail without parole on Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of demonstrators, who were protesting against his governing Muslim Brotherhood party for abusing power. Morsi was elected president after autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in ...
... on? He said, let's pass her. Let her be behind, so that I don't have to look at her. NARRATOR: Islam watched as Egypt descended into turmoil and felt like the country drifted farther and farther from his vision for a true Islamic state. The Egyptian army forced ...
... for you crusaders is something you can only wish for." A caption for the video reads: "The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church." Since the 2011 uprising in Egypt, thousands of Egyptians have traveled to Libya in search of jobs against the advice of of their ...
... Egyptian citizenship in order to be eligible for deportation to Canada, where he is also a citizen. He was released on bail of 250,000 Egyptian pounds, or nearly $32,800. When asked to relinquish his citizenship, Fahmy was told by an Egyptian official that "citizenship is not a piece ...
A court in Egypt on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 230 people for participating in the 2011 uprising that forced longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak to resign. All of the defendants were tried in absentia, except for activist Ahmed Douma, who is already serving a three-year sentence for ...
... to know Mohamed Fadel Fahmy. And this must be such a tough decision for him, because he is truly someone who loves this country, loves Egypt, loves being an Egyptian. And this must be such a harsh thing for him to do, to have to renounce that Egyptian citizenship. As ...
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who had been imprisoned for 400 days on terrorism charges in Egypt, was released from a Cairo jail Sunday and deported back to his native Australia. Al Jazeera heralded the decision and called for the release of two of Greste's colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed ...
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