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Relatives of victims of an attack that killed at least 28 Coptic Christians on Friday react at the funeral in Minya, Egypt May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Inciters in Egypt should be Pursued Internationally

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 27, 2017 | Opinion

The repeated crimes targeting Egypt are an evil act that requires regional and international actions, as its causes and consequences are no longer an Egyptian matter. What happened on Friday in Minya is part of a series of terrorist attacks linked to the Egyptian...

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An image grab taken from Egypt’s state-run Nile News TV channel on May 26, 2017 shows people inspecting the remains of a bus that was attacked while carrying Egyptian Christians in Minya province. AFP

Terrorism Continues to Target Egypt and its Copts

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | May 27, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- A terrorist attack struck Egypt and its Coptic Christians again on Friday leaving 29 people, mostly children, dead and dozens injured when armed men intercepted a bus transporting Christians to the Saint Samuel monastery in Minya province. An interior ministry...

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Egyptian security forces in Sinai. AFP

At Least 26 Dead in Attack on Copts in Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

Masked gunmen dressed in military uniforms attacked a group of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 26 others as they were driving to a monastery, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. The group was traveling in...

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Members of the Egyptian security forces stand guard on a street in the southern city of Minya on April 28, 2014, after a court sentenced 682 alleged Islamists and a Muslim Brotherhood leader to death. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egypt: Brotherhood threaten mass protests in response to court verdict

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—After an Egyptian court sentenced 683 people including Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Mohamed Badie to death in a mass trial on Monday, the pro-Mursi Anti-Coup Alliance has threatened mass protests across the country. The Brotherhood issued a...

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A relative of a supporter of Egyptian ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, cries outside the courthouse on March 24, 2014 in the central Egyptian city of Minya, after the court ordered the execution of 529 Mursi supporters after only two hearings. (AFP Photo/STR)

Egypt sentences 529 Mursi supporters to death

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—A court on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi to death after convicting them on charges including the murder of a policeman, the attempted killing of two others and an attack on a police station, in what was one of...