Egypt

18 Sep 2021; MEMO: The Egyptian National Railways Authority has announced raising the price of train platform tickets by 300 per cent on all lines, Al Khaleej Online reported on Friday.

The National Railways Authority confirmed that the decision, which raises the price from one to three Egyptian pounds, will take effect on Thursday.

CAIRO, Sept 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, met yesterday with Bahraini King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they discussed the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), built on the Nile River, said the Egyptian presidency.

During the talks, the Bahraini king renewed his country’s solidarity and support for Egypt and Sudan, regarding the GERD issue, said Egyptian presidential spokesman, Bassam Rady.

15 Sep 2021; MEMO: A senior official of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that the door is open for talks with the Egyptian regime without preconditions, Anadolu has reported. Yousef Nada was responding to remarks by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

15 Sep 2021; MEMO: EgyptAir is scheduled to operate four direct flights from Cairo to Tel Aviv every week from the beginning of October.

According to the Times of Israel, flights between the two cities are currently run by Air Sinai, in planes without the Egyptian flag.

CAIRO, September 13. /TASS/: Russian and Turkish officials have notified the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia) of their plans to deliver humanitarian aid to Kabul airport in the near future, newly-appointed head of the airport's administration Abdul Hadi Hamdani said on Monday.

CAIRO, September 10. /TASS/: The Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) militants killed Rohullah Azizi, brother of former Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh, Aamaj News reported Friday.

According to the report, Azizi was detained and later executed last night in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan. No further details have been provided yet.

07 Sep 2021; MEMO: Egypt's Interior Minister and National Security Agency officers have carried out unlawful extrajudicial executions in so-called shootouts, Human Rights Watch has said in a report.

07 Sep 2021; MEMO: Israeli National Security Adviser, Eyal Hulata, secretly visited Cairo and met with Egypt's Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel and other Egyptian officials, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed revealed yesterday.

According to sources, Hulata headed the Israeli delegation who met with Kamel along with the Egyptian intelligence official who is in charge of the Gaza file, Ahmed Abdul-Khaleq.

03 Sep 2021; MEMO: Sources in Egypt's Ministry of Health have said that coronavirus in the country has reached a dangerous level due to the government's neglect of precautionary measures.

The state has continued to allow parties and festivals and stopped enforcing closing times on shops, reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

CAIRO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Israel carried out air strikes on targets near Damascus early on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences but causing no casualties, Syrian state media reported, the second such attack in just over two weeks.

The Israeli military declined to comment on the report.

A Syrian military source quoted by state media said Syrian air defences shot down most of the Israeli missiles and only material damage was done in the attack launched at 1:26 a.m.