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Egyptian security forces inspect the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo on December 11, 2016. AFP/KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptian Authorities Thwart New Terrorist Plot

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Egyptian Security authorities announced it thwarted the biggest terrorist plot to target several churches and Christian Coptic officials in the governorates of the Delta following the two churches attack in Tanta and Alexandria. Security sources said that the...

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A relative of one of the victims reacts after a church explosion killed at least 21 in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Ambiguity Over Pope’s Visit to Cairo after Church Blasts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Reliable church sources revealed that Pope Francis visit to Cairo – scheduled end of April – might possibly be canceled. They revealed that during the past hours the Coptic Church and the Vatican discussed the anticipated visit following the two church...

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Egyptian security officials and investigators inspect the scene of one of the bombings. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH / Reuters

Egypt Mourns ‘Massacre of Two Churches’

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein and Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- At least 44 people were killed and 126 were injured Sunday in two suicide bombings at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church in Egypt. ISIS claimed responsibility for the two bombings, which came two days following the US attack at the Shayrat air...

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An elderly Iraqi woman stands in the middle of the street as Iraqi forces advance inside Mosul during fighting against ISIS on March 8, 2017. ARIS MESSINIS / AFP

Mosul Church Turned into ISIS Police Base

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul-The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with ISIS propaganda after the jihadists’ infamous religious police took over the Christian place of worship. The sign above the door of Um al-Mauna (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in Iraq’s...

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Members of the Coptic scouts organization carry the coffins of victims of the Coptic Christian cathedral complex bomb attack for the funeral in the Church of the Virgin Mary, Cairo, Egypt, 12 December 2016, EPA

Suicide Bomber Responsible for Egypt Church Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on Monday that a suicide bomber is responsible for the attack which killed 24 people at Cairo’s Coptic cathedral, the deadliest on the Christian minority in years. But Sisi did not name the organisation the...