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October 14th, 2025 - 12:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Gaza Municipality, Qatari Committee join efforts to remove rubble from roads

ALBAWABA - Construction vehicles were seen in the streets of the Gaza Strip as part of a campaign between the Gaza Municipality and the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza. Construction vehicles were seen on Al-Shaaf Street in Eastern Gaza City to open closed roads due to the rubble after the end of the two-year war in the strip. Gaza Municipality posted on X footage and wrote, "Gaza Municipality ...

Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border with Gaza in the Sinai peninsula. 24 Egyptian policemen were killed in an ambush attack on Monday. (AFP/File)

August 19th, 2013 - 07:23 GMT

At least 24 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai

An Egyptian army armoured vehicle is seen in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations on August 18, 2013. (AFP)

August 19th, 2013 - 06:37 GMT

36 Egyptian Islamists killed in prison break

Egyptian policemen carry an Islamist man outside Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi held up on August 17, 2013. (AFP)

August 18th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Islamist alliance cancels pro-Morsi march over 'security concerns'

An Egyptian soldier keeps watch from the top of an army armoured personnel carrier at the entrance of Tahrir Square on August 18, 2013 in Cairo. (AFP)

August 18th, 2013 - 02:43 GMT

Egypt's Rebel 'Tamarod' group petitions for end to US aid, Israeli peace treaty

A woman protestor chants slogans in front of a poster of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi during a demonstration condemning the recent deadly military crackdown on pro-Morsi protesters in Cairo on August 17, 2013 in Istanbul. (AFP)

August 18th, 2013 - 12:44 GMT

More than 3,500 Brotherhood members arrested since pro-Morsi crackdown - official

A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and of ousted president Mohamed Morsi runs past a burning vehicle during clashes with security officers close to Cairo's Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. (AFP)

August 18th, 2013 - 11:00 GMT

Brotherhood changes tactics in attempt to reduce casualties

EGYPT, MINYA : A picture taken on August 14, 2013, shows the facade of the Prince Tadros Coptic church after being torched by unknown assailants in the central Egyptian city of Minya. AFP PHOTO/STR

August 17th, 2013 - 11:03 GMT

Egypt's Coptic Church supports military

For Illustrative Purposes. AFP PHOTO / Jose Manuel Rondon

August 17th, 2013 - 10:40 GMT

Bomb explosion halts Iraqi-Turkish oil flow

SAUDI ARABIA, Riyadh : Saudi royal honor guards smile as they attend the ceremony of the Eid al-Fitr prayer at Turki bin Abdullah grand mosque in Riyadh, on August 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE

August 17th, 2013 - 09:33 GMT

Arab states support Egypt's fight "against terrorism"

EGYPT, Cairo : Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi throw stones as they clash with security officers in Cairo's Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / VIRGNIE NGUYEN HOANG

August 17th, 2013 - 09:32 GMT

Over 1000 arrests in Egypt

LEBANON, Beirut : Lebanese civilians and emergency personnel gather at the site of a car bomb between the Bir el-Abed and Roueiss neighbourhoods, in the southern suburb of Beirut on August 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/EZZAT ATTAR

August 17th, 2013 - 06:54 GMT

Hezbollah blames jihadists for attacks

An Egyptian man walks between lines of bodies wrapped in shrouds at a makeshift morgue in Cairo on August 15, 2013, following a crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of Mohamed Morsi. (AFP)

August 15th, 2013 - 03:06 GMT

Brotherhood, police hold mass funerals across Cairo