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HomeTiran and Sanafir

Tiran and Sanafir

Egypt Latest News

Saudi Arabian Forces Have Replaced Egyptian Troops on Tiran Island

February 7, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Saudi Arabian forces have replaced Egyptian troops on Tiran Island, marking the first step in the handover over of two Red Sea islands ceded to the Persian Gulf kingdom in a 2016 border agreement, according [ More … ]

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The Confound Dismissal of Egypt’s Chief of Staff

December 11, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

On October 28, at an unexpected move, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s dismissed his Armed Forces’ Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy,but although the reasons behind the decision remain unclear, available information points at recent tensions between two men [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Saudi Arabia grants 1800 Hajj visa to Egypt’s MPs in gratitude for strategic Red Sea islands’ transference

July 4, 2017 MEO Staff

The Saudi Embassy in Egypt has granted the Egyptian parliament 1,800 Hajj visas this year for distribution among members of parliament by 3 visas per MP. This came days after the Parliament ratified the transference [ More … ]

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Egypt’s pro-Sisi parliament approves Red Sea strategic islands deal

June 15, 2017 MEO Staff

Egypt’s pro-Sisi dominated parliament approved Egyptian-Saudi maritime demarcation agreement on Wednesday in a general session, which means transferring the sovereignty of the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. The general session was held after [ More … ]

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Egypt’s govt. defends Saudi sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir in  parliament discussion

June 13, 2017 MEO Staff

The Egyptian Parliament continues for the second day its discussions over the destiny of the Egyptian-Saudi maritime demarcation in order to hear additional comments and views of experts. The parliament dismissed reviewing previous court verdicts [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptians say will confront discussion of Tiran and Sanafir agreement in parliament

June 11, 2017 MEO Staff

Sixty political parties and movements as well as a number of public figures said they will confront parliament’s discussion of the maritime demarcation agreement with Saudi Arabia through all peaceful political and constitutional methods. They [ More … ]

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Egypt detains rights lawyer and former presidential candidate ‘Khaled Ali’

May 24, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

The Dokki Prosecution has decided on Tuesday to detain rights lawyer and previous presidential candidate Khaled Ali, after he had been interrogated on charges of making an obscene finger gesture in public in front of the [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Riyadh supports Sudan in its dispute with Egypt over Halayeb

May 18, 2017 MEO Staff

Khartoum has long said Egypt has been illegally occupying the mineral-rich border region Saudi Arabia has reportedly backed Sudan in its fight to get back a disputed region of land near the Red Sea from [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian Judges defy new law on judiciary appointments, vote for new head of State Council

May 15, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s State Council General Assembly nominated their own council head despite a recent amendment reserving that right for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The nomination follows a contentious debate over amending the judiciary laws to give the president [ More … ]

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: Tiran and Sanafir Islands Belong to Saudi Arabia

May 4, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud said that Tiran and Sanafir islands belong to Saudi Arabia and this is registered officially in the two Arab states as well as internationally.  [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi vowed to U.S President that Tiran and Sanafir deal will be fulfilled

April 5, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has assured US President Donald Trump that Cairo will hand over the two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, according to a US-based Egyptian diplomat. The source, who spoke on the [ More … ]

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Days after Al-Sisi Met Saudi King, Egyptian Court Voids Previous Verdict Blocking Transfer of Red Sea Islands

April 3, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled that the country’s High Administrative Court (HAC), which ruled in January that the two Islands of Tiran and Sanafir belong to Egypt, had no jurisdiction over the matter. [ More … ]

Analysis

Did the Gulf States Give Al-Bashir the Green Light to Criticize Egypt’s Al-Sisi?

March 1, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

For the second time in less than a month, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir criticized Egypt during his latest visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying that Cairo provided “arms and ammunition to the troops [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

New Chapter in Egyptian-Saudi Tension: Kingdom threatens to restore last September’s $2 billion deposit

February 27, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Despite the positive signal that has been concluded from the latest presidential decree that agreed on King Salman’s development project in Sinai after a period of tension between both countries, however, some recent changes go [ More … ]

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A New Leaked Audio Unveils Israel’s Involvement in Egypt’s Controversial Deal of the Two Red Sea Islands

February 11, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

A new leaked audio recording hasshowed the Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry while coordinating with senior Israeli diplomat the transfer of the two Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. Mekameleen TV Channel, an Egyptian [ More … ]

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