Egypt
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Nov- 2018 -28 NovemberBusiness
Egypt Abrams tank rounds price doubles to $201 million
The US adjusted the estimated cost for the sale of 60,500 tank rounds to Egypt to $201 million, more than double the $99 million value placed on the proposed sale in September
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8 NovemberMiddle East
Court jails 65 for membership in Upper Egypt ISIS ‘cell’
An court sentenced 65 suspected Islamic State members to between five years and life in prison for setting up a "terrorist cell" in Upper Egypt
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7 NovemberAfrica
Egypt sentences 8 to death over 2016 ISIS attack on army checkpoint
An Egyptian military court sentenced eight members of Islamic State to death for a deadly attack against the army in 2016
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7 NovemberAfrica
Sisi promises Egypt’s military support to Gulf allies if threatened
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged military support for Egypt's Gulf Arab allies if their security comes under threat
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2 NovemberAfrica
Egypt: Bus full of Coptic Christians attacked near site of 2017 Minya massacre
A bus carrying Coptic Christian passengers to a monastery was attacked in Egypt's Minya governorate
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Oct- 2018 -15 OctoberMiddle East
Egypt and Russia invite 13 countries to observe counter-terrorism exercises
Egypt and Russia invited defense officials from 13 countries to observe joint aerial counter-terrorism exercises
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11 OctoberAfrica
Egypt court sentences 17 to death over church suicide bombings claimed by ISIS
An Egyptian military court sentenced 17 people to death over a series of suicide bombings of churches claimed by Islamic State that left dozens dead
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8 OctoberAfrica
Egypt special forces officer turned militant Hisham al-Ashmawy captured in Libya
The force that controls eastern Libya it captured former special forces officer Hisham al-Ashmawy, one of Egypt's most-wanted jihadists
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8 OctoberMiddle East
Three Egypt Army soldiers killed in Sinai counterterrorism operation
Egyptian security forces have killed 52 suspected jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died
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3 OctoberMiddle East
ISIS says senior Sinai leader in killed in Egypt army air strike
Islamic State announced the death of one of its leaders in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where a source said 15 jihadists were also killed
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