A Palestinian diplomat said Sunday that Egypt had promised to reopen Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip "soon."
An Egyptian crackdown on tunnels beneath its borders with the Gaza Strip brought the smuggling passages to a full halt, an official from the Islamic Hamas Movement said Monday.
The border area between Egypt and Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has been witnessing a significant escalation of the Egyptian army's security campaign of destroying dozens of tunnels underneath the borders that are used for smuggling, Hamas sources said on Sunday.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said Monday his country works to secure its borders with the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Islamic Hamas movement.
Syria's Information Ministry on Monday condemned as an attack on a police convoy that killed 25 Egyptian policemen as an "outrageous terrorist act."
UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, on Thursday appealed to all sides in Egypt to step back from the brink of disaster after a day of bloody violence that left hundreds dead or injured.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday recalled the ambassador to Turkey for consultations, official news agency MENA reported.
Countries and international organizations around the world condemned or expressed concern over the deadly violence in Egypt, urging Egyptian political parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday strongly condemned "the upsurge of violence in Egypt," which reportedly left more than 70 people dead, and urged "all Egyptian leaders to urge their supporters to show restraint."
Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi did not make a mistake, brother of Morsi, Saeed Mohamed Morsi, told Xinhua on Thursday in an exclusive interview.
An al-Qaida-linked cell, recently busted in Egypt, had planned to launch suicide car bombings at the U.S. and French embassies in Cairo, Egyptian official MENA news agency quoted prosecution sources as saying on Wednesday.
An al-Qaida-linked cell, recently busted in Egypt, had planned to launch suicide car bombings at the U.S. and French embassies in Cairo, Egyptian official MENA news agency quoted prosecution sources as saying on Wednesday.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Seisi on Wednesday held a meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to discuss means of boosting bilateral ties, mainly in military field, state-run MENA news agency reported.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt's capital of Cairo on Tuesday, the first visit by an Iranian president to Egypt since 1979.
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