Latest in Tag: Borders Highlight
Latest in Tag: Borders
4th Edition of Startups Without Borders Summit to return to Cairo on February 2023
Since 2018, Startups Without Borders has been building world-class events where diversity takes centre stage, gathering over 12,000 entrepreneurs from the MENA and Europe across different cultures and nationalities.
Egypt, Jordan, France, Germany reject unilateral changes to Israel’s 1967 borders
Egypt voices opposition in joint statement to Israelās annexation plansĀ
Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanese, Iraqi borders with Syria
Strikes targeted Lebanon, Popular Mobilisation Forces strongholds in Iraq
Military security emphasised on borders with Libya: Al-Sisi
President avows confidence in military, allows live ammunition in Air Force parade
14 Egyptian fishermen detained in Tunisia for breaching fishing borders
There have been several reports of accidents befalling Egyptian fishermen in recent months
Documents purporting Egyptian sovereignty over Tiran, Sanafir insufficient: Foreign Ministry
The ministry released Egyptian-Saudi documents concerning the Red Sea islands following a wave of criticism regarding the new maritime demarcation
Shafiq joins wave of criticism against government in islands dispute
Former presidential runner-up accuses government of monopolising decision-making process
Public discontent challenges government’s maritime border demarcation
Court sets trial session to hear challenge of islands’ sovereignty transfer on 17 May amid widespread public criticism
In Cartoon: Saudi Arabia and Egypt draw up maritime borders
Tunisia close its borders with Libya after clashes between army and militants
45 people were killed including 28 militants, 10 security personnel, and seven civilians, according to ministry statement
EU wants centralized policing powers for its borders
The EU’s external borders have more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. That is why the European Commission now wants its own border police. Not all member states like the idea. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels. Until now, member states alone were responsible for protecting the European Union’s borders. They placed great value in …
Will Syrian refugees in Europe suffer consequences of Paris attacks?
Commentators have already called for banning Middle Eastern refugees from crossing their borders
Sharp decline in reported terrorist attacks in August: TIMEP
Reported counter-terrorism operations witnessed a continued decrease from 191 in July to 177 in August
Tunnel destruction will hasten reconciliation, in coordination with Abbas: Palestine expert
Tunnels intensify division, put more pressure on Palestinians due to rising prices, says Osama Shaath
Hamas official warns of another possible war in Gaza
Israel launched airstrikes across Gaza in response to alleged rocket fired from the strip
Net tightens on gays in Egypt as foreigners approved for deportation
All social classes in Egypt are homophobic, but itās perceived as less directed at the Western community
Gaza buffer zone to increase to 5km: North Sinai governor
Egypt first decided to establish a 500 metre buffer zone in late October, following two deadly attacks in Sinai that left at least 30 military personnel dead.
Al-Sisi decree establishes ‘forbidden’ areas along Egypt’s borders
Law intended to stabilise “sensitive regions, where people could have hostile intentions”, says analyst
Israel reopens Gaza border crossings
Border closed for two days following rocket fire from Gaza to Israel
Egyptian army demolishes 20 tunnels, bringing total to 1659
The Egyptian military has demolished an additional 20 tunnels between Sinai and Gaza, putting the total at 1659 tunnels destroyed, announced the armed forces spokesman on Friday. The Second Field Army also announced that it had arrested three Palestinian nationals while they were āattempting to sneak into Egyptian territory.ā While patrolling Sinai the military also …
Israeli police arrest hundreds of African refugees on Israeli-Egyptian border
After two days of protests, the asylum seekers were taken back to Israel
UN representative visits African refugees on Egypt-Israeli border
Around 1,000 African migrant detainees, most of whom are Eritreans, had left the Holothuroidea Detention Facility in Israel on Friday, making their way on foot towards the Egyptian border to protest their detention in Israel and to ask for United Nations help.
ANHRI condemns university security preventing Youm7 journalist from covering clashes
Amid deteriorating conditions for journalists, human rights group calls on Egyptian authorities to stop targeting journalists
US soldiers in Sinai a āprecautionary measureā
American soldiers are deployed in Sinai as part of a routine peacekeeping force
Germany ready to send 400 troops to Turkey-Syria border
The mandate, which is expected to be presented to parliament early next week, would run to January 31, 2014.
No evidence that rocket attack on Israel came from Sinai
May have been fired from Gaza
A tortuous journey
The fate of Eritreans fleeing to Sudan, Egypt, and Israel
Egypt hands over body of Israeli lost at sea
Body was transferred through the Karam Salem crossing
Syria rebels advance in north, pushed back in south
“Assad should be replaced by Vice President Faruq al-Shara.” says Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkey hits back after new mortar fire from Syria
The round struck Hatay province at the western end of Turkey’s frontier with Syria, prompting fresh retaliatory fire