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Egypt receives its first shipment of raw materials used to manufacture the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine, as well as a shipment of 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.
2021-05-21

Lebanese Customs seize five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and Hashish, concealed in primary school desks that were to be shipped to Egypt, at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. Meanwhile, security forces in northern Lebanon found two workshops producing Captagon and other drugs during a series of raids. The drug is infamous as being used by Islamist militants in the Syrian civil war.
2015-12-29

An Egyptian court sentences 185 people to death over their alleged involvement in a lethal attack on a police station on the outskirts of Cairo.
2014-12-2

Two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hit the Israeli resort of Eilat, but land in open areas, causing no damage. Three more rockets hit open areas in neighboring Jordan.
2013-04-17

An apartment block collapses in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people. [http:--www.dailystar.com.lb-News-Middle-East-2013-Jan-16-202486-collapse-of-apartment-building-in-egypt-kills-14.ashx ("The Daily Star")] [http:--en.ria.ru-world-20130117-178825752-Egypt_Building_Collapse_Leaves_At_Least_25_Dead.html (RIA Novosti)]date=August 2019
2013-01-16

Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi is sentenced to five years imprisonment and 300 lashes in Saudi Arabia.
2013-01-15

China follows Russian admonishment of the Syrian government while the opposition Syrian National Council gains support in Egypt and is recognized by Libya.
2011-10-11

156 people are detained in Egypt following clashes between police and Copts after authorities blocked construction of a church.
2010-11-25

A Jordanian civilian is killed and three others are wounded as a Grad rocket launched from the Sinai hits the city of Aqaba. Four other rockets land in open areas in the Gulf of Aqaba. Jordan, Israel, Egypt and the United States condemn the attack.
2010-08-2