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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addresses the chamber after he was sworn in for a second four-year term in Cairo, June 2, 2018. (Egypt’s presidency media office via AP)
June 14, 2018, 6:34 pm
Egypt changes defense, interior ministers in cabinet overhaul
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi shuffles officials as he pledges to combat Islamic State affiliate group in Sinai
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addresses the chamber after he was sworn in for a second four-year term in Cairo, June 2, 2018. (Egypt’s presidency media office via AP)
June 7, 2018, 9:35 pm
Egypt president asks housing minister to form new government
After outgoing PM Sherif Ismail submits resignation, in line with custom, newly-reelected Sissi taps Mustafa Madbouly as his replacement
By AP
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with Sharif Ismail in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (MENA via AP)
June 6, 2018, 1:18 am
Egyptian PM submits resignation as Sissi begins second term
Sherif Ismail, who enjoys close working relationship with president, follows political tradition in allowing cabinet reshuffle
By AP
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi votes in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. (MENA via AP)
June 2, 2018, 1:22 pm
Egypt’s Sissi sworn in for second term in office
President settles in for another 4 years after being re-elected with 97% of the vote in a general election with no serious challengers
By AFP
Banners showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hang in Tahrir Square, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 1, 2018, 11:14 am
Wave of arrests in Egypt ahead of Sissi’s second term
Crackdown on bloggers, journalists, activists condemned by watchdogs and EU foreign policy chief
By Mona Salem
Palestinian members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, display Qassam home-made rockets during an anti-Israel military parade on August 21, 2016 in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 23, 2018, 11:13 pm
Israel said to consider long-term cease fire with Hamas
Qatar and Egypt reportedly pushing proposals for an end to rocket fire from Gaza in return for easing border crossing controls
By Jacob Magid and Stuart Winer
A member of the Islamic State's Sinai affiliate purporting to show Israeli-made munitions found in the rubble of an airstrike in a video released by the Amaq news agency on May 23, 2018. (screen capture, Amaq)
May 23, 2018, 8:48 pm
Islamic State claims ‘proof’ of Israeli airstrikes in northern Sinai
Jihadist group shows off Hebrew labels on munitions purportedly found in aftermath of raid in restive Egyptian peninsula
By TOI staff
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
May 23, 2018, 3:05 am
Egypt sentences Sinai jihadi expert to 10 years in prison
Journalist Ismail Alexandrani accused of giving up state secrets during lectures and media appearances abroad
By AFP
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on April 26, 2018 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
May 19, 2018, 3:16 am
Liberman suggests Muslim ad money causes CNN, BBC, France 24 bias against Israel
Defense minister lambastes international 'festival of hypocrisy' on Gaza violence, says Israel taking 'concrete steps' to improve humanitarian situation in Strip
By TOI staff and Agencies
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivers a speech on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018, at al-Omary mosque in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
May 18, 2018, 7:14 pm
1,000 protest on Gaza border as Hamas chief vows to lead new demonstrations
Ismail Haniyeh denies a deal has been reached with Egypt to call off the protests after Cairo opens Rafah crossing for entire month of Ramadan
By TOI staff and Agencies
Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, during the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 18, 2018, 5:53 pm
Tens of thousands from West Bank attend Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount; officials brace for protests in West Bank and East Jerusalem as well as Gaza
By TOI staff
Muslims pray at the Temple Mount on July 27, 2017.(AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 18, 2018, 9:32 am
Israel girds for first Friday of Ramadan amid heightened tensions
1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount, as officials worry protests may move from Gaza border to West Bank and East Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 16, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 18, 2018, 3:16 am
Egypt to keep Rafah crossing with Gaza open until end of Ramadan
Move will mark longest period border stays open in years; Sissi says move meant to ease burdens on Palestinians
By TOI staff and Agencies
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) attend the Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on May 17, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
May 17, 2018, 9:29 pm
Arab League demands probe into Israeli ‘crimes’ on Gaza border
Organization's head accuses Israel of 'blatant aggression' during riots, as Hamas threatens it can respond 'with all force'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Iranians take part in an anti-US demonstration inside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
May 17, 2018, 3:23 pm
Shooting for a narrative: 7 things to know for May 17
As Hamas appears to pull back, Israel goes on the PR offensive and does the tango with Turkey - even if Netanyahu can't do the chicken dance
By Joshua Davidovich
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