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Sisi sees vindication in moves against Qatar
Features/Interviews
June 8, 2017
Sisi sees vindication in moves against Qatar
The alliance with Gulf countries to isolate Qatar has given a significant boost to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who over…
Jordan downgrades Qatari ties
Middle East
June 7, 2017
Jordan downgrades Qatari ties
Jordan announced on Tuesday that it was reducing its diplomatic ties with Qatar amid a deepening political crisis in the…
Qatari documentary on Egyptian Army lacks any integrity: FM spokesperson
Egypt
November 28, 2016
Qatari documentary on Egyptian Army lacks any integrity: FM spokesperson
The Egyptian government would not respond to Al Jazeera film on soldiers, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid, pointing…
Qatar’s Al Jazeera network laying off 500 employees
Business
March 28, 2016
Qatar’s Al Jazeera network laying off 500 employees
Qatar's Al Jazeera broadcasting network is laying off about 500 employees or more than 10 percent of its staff, it…
Al Jazeera cannot sue us, we have no contract: Egyptian authorities
Egypt
January 31, 2016
Al Jazeera cannot sue us, we have no contract: Egyptian authorities
The State Litigation Authority's (SLA) spokesperson, Sameh Sayed, has denied allegations made by the Qatari-based Media network Al-Jazeera about suing…
Kidnapped Al Jazeera journalists freed in Yemen: network
Middle East
January 28, 2016
Kidnapped Al Jazeera journalists freed in Yemen: network
Two journalists and a driver working for the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel were freed in Yemen on Thursday,…
Defendant in Al Jazeera trial acquitted
Egypt
January 6, 2016
Defendant in Al Jazeera trial acquitted
Cairo Criminal Court, headed by judge Hassan Farid, acquitted on Wednesday Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Attia, a defendant in a case…
UPDATE: Egypt’s Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists
Egypt
September 23, 2015
UPDATE: Egypt’s Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners, including three Al Jazeera television journalists, on Wednesday, a day before he…
UPDATE: Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist despite Egypt’s request
Egypt
June 22, 2015
UPDATE: Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist despite Egypt’s request
Prominent Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour walked free from a Berlin prison on Monday, drawing a line under an awkward…
Germany says will not extradite anyone facing death penalty
Egypt
June 22, 2015
Germany says will not extradite anyone facing death penalty
No one will be extradited from Germany if they face the death penalty, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry…