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At least 20 people are killed and 24 others injured in a fire at a clothing factory in Cairo, Egypt.
2021-03-11

Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border.
2018-04-17

Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, sign a unity deal in Cairo, that is also publicly supported by the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Fatah-controlled Palestinian National Authority (PNA), along with Israel, currently govern the West Bank. According to the signatories of the deal, the PNA will take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, and, along with Hamas, police its borders. The signatories consider the agreement a first step, and, if productive, plan to meet next month to address the remaining issues. The government of Israel opposes any involvement by Hamas in a Palestinian government.
2017-10-12

Two Egyptian army officers and five militants are killed during a warehouse raid in Qalyubiya province north of Cairo.
2014-03-19

Supporters of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood clash with police at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. One person is killed and two campus buildings are set on fire.
2013-12-28

Tens of thousands of people converge on Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against Egypt's military rulers, who have seized power following the ousting from power of Hosni Mubarak in last year's revolution.
2012-06-19

Egyptian protestors rally on the streets of Cairo to demand the ban of the ousted regime's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq from standing in the country's presidential run-off election.
2012-06-8

300 people are arrested in Egypt following yesterday's violent clashes outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo.
2012-05-5

A large protest with as many as a million people participating is planned for the Egyptian capital Cairo over perceived lack of progress since the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
2011-07-12

Egyptian protesters clash with police in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
2011-06-28