Egypt has imposed restrictions on female citizens traveling to Turkey, police say, months after introducing similar measures for men to stop them joining the Islamic State jihadist group.
Women aged 18 to 40 are now required to obtain security clearance before going to Turkey, a senior police officer tells AFP, without specifying why.
“A security clearance can be acquired within 72 hours, and it is now mandatory for women traveling to this country (Turkey),” the officer says.
The restriction took effect on Thursday, a Cairo airport official says.
In March Egypt’s state-sponsored Islamic authority, Dar al-Ifta, warned women against marrying IS fighters over the Internet who woo them to travel to jihadist-controlled territory.
The compulsory security clearance for men, introduced in December, applies to war-torn Libya as well as Turkey.
— AFP
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