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Egyptian officials during their meeting with the AfDB delegation in Cairo on Wednesday. Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian Discussions with AfDB on Last Tranche of Loan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2017 | Business

Cairo- Egyptian officials have discussed with a delegation from the African Development Bank the signing of the third and last $500 million tranche of a $1.5 billion AfDB loan. The discussions took place between Minister of Investment Sahar Nasr and Minister of Water...

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Bahrain’s Public Prosecution Building, Bahrain, BNA

Bahrainis Stripped of Citizenship Over Training with IRGC

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Bahrain’s public prosecution on Wednesday sentenced two nationals to jail terms and revoked their citizenship after they were convicted of training in Iran and the “possession of weapons for terrorist purposes”. One of the two accused received...

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Sisi lays a wreath at the memorial of armed forces martyrs in Nasr city. Asharq Al-Awsat

Sisi Tells Armed Forces to be on High Alert

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has lauded the armed forces on their efforts to confront terrorism and backing stability and security, urging them to “remain on alert and stick to the highest state of combat readiness given the delicate regional...

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Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and Iraqi army members gather on the outskirts of Hawija, Iraq October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Army Retakes Central Hawija from ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Iraqi forces have captured Hawija and the encompassing territory from ISIS, however some battles still raged in a pocket toward the north and east of the town where the militants were surrounded, the military said on Thursday. Hawija, where tens of thousands of...

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, July 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian FM Says Eliminating ISIS ‘Isn’t the End’

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo — Egypt warned against the dangers of achieving what Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry put as “an incomplete victory” over terrorist organizations in the region. Shoukry pointed out that eliminating ISIS is not the end, stressing the importance of...