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Coptic priest stabbed to death in Cairo suburb
A Coptic priest of a church in Egypt’s governorate of Beni Suef was stabbed to death in a street in a Cairo suburb on Thursday, according to ... Middle East -
Libya arrests ISIS militant involved in 2015 beheadings
Libyan authorities have arrested a suspected ISIS militant they believe was involved in the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya in ... Middle East -
New archaeological discovery of churches and monasteries in Egypt
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Ministry of Antiquities unearthed ruins of a residential area, churches and monasteries dating back to the ... Art and culture -
Egypt shootout kills 3 'militants behind anti-copt attacks'
Egypt's interior ministry said on Thursday a policeman and three militants suspected of involvement in deadly attacks against the country's Coptic ... Middle East -
Controversy in Egypt after a Copt announces converting to Islam via Facebook
Egyptian Copt Malak Samuel Habchi who recently announced he converted to Islam via Facebook has stirred controversy in Egypt as some welcomed the move ... Features -
Find out where Maria, Prophet Mohammed’s Coptic Christian wife, was born
Some 400 kilometers south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, there is the village called “Sheikh Ebada” near Mallawi center in Minya ... Features -
Egyptian air strikes hit 12 vehicles crossing from Libya
Egyptian air strikes destroyed 12 vehicles loaded with arms, ammunition and explosive material trying to cross the border from Libya, the army ... Middle East -
Libya’s army claims control over Al-Jufra central region
Sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday that the Libyan National Army has claimed controlled completely over Al-Jufra central region.The ... North Africa -
Burj Khalifa tower lights up for Egypt
The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai lights up with the colors of Egypt in solidarity with the victims of the attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in ... Features -
Egypt cites ‘self-defense’ for Libya strikes to UN Security Council
Egypt officially notified the UN Security Council of its air strikes on extremist strongholds in Libya on Saturday, citing Article 51 of the UN ... Middle East -
Egypt says Christian massacre attackers trained in Libya
Egypt said Saturday attackers who massacred Christians near a monastery had trained in militant camps in Libya which it targeted with air strikes, ... Middle East -
ISIS claims deadly shooting of Christians, as Cairo strikes militants
ISIS said in a statement on Saturday that it had carried out the killing of Egyptian Christians on Friday. “A security unit from the soldiers ... Middle East -
Coptic eyewitness: They targeted victims with bullets to the head
An eyewitness of the “terrorist attack” on the Coptic bus in Egypt’s Minya governorate said that masked men attacked them and killed ... Middle East -
Trump: ‘Bloodletting of Christians must end’
President Donald Trump on Friday decried an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that left at least 28 dead, calling on allies to band together to ... Middle East -
Egypt retaliates with strikes at militant locations in Libya
Egyptian air strikes targeted locations of the Shura Council of Mujahideen in the Libyan city of Derna, Al Arabiya sources reported. Casualties were ... Middle East -
Security Council condemns deadly gunmen attack on Egyptian Christians
The UN Security Council has condemned the gunmen attack on bus carrying Egyptian Coptic Christians, which killed on Friday 28 civilians, mostly ... Middle East -
Saudi renews support to Egypt’s fight against terrorism after deadly attack
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has renewed its solidarity and support to Egypt’s efforts in fighting terrorism after a deadly attack that ... Gulf -
Suspected ISIS militants kill Christian man in northern Sinai
Security officials say a Christian man has been shot dead by suspected militants while inside a barber’s shop in Egypt’s turbulent ... Middle East -
ANALYSIS: The religious significance of Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt
On March 18, Pope Francis’s visit to Egypt was officially announced in what was seen as a sign of improving Muslim Catholic relations, hence a ... Features -
Egypt arrests 13 terrorist suspects 'preparing attacks'
The Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 suspected "terrorists" allegedly planning to attack Christians and public institutions, the ... Middle East -
Second church bomber identified in Egypt following Sisi pledge
The authorities in Egypt said on Thursday they had identified the second of two jihadist bombers who targeted Coptic Christian Palm Sunday services ... Middle East -
Brother of alleged Egypt church attacker denies his death, says he's in Syria
The brother of Abu al-Baraa al-Masri, the alleged suicide bomber who targeted the church in Alexandria, claimed his sibling is alive and in Syria. ... Middle East -
Who benefits from murdering Egypt’s Copts?
ISIS Qutbist - ie in reference to Sayyid Qutb - criminals targeted churches in Alexandria and Tanta on Palm Sunday. The blasts were carried out by ... Middle East -
Coptic Saint Verena, the Egyptian who taught Europe personal hygiene
Many Egyptians do not know that this Egyptian woman - Coptic Saint Verena - was buried in Europe in the fourth century. Many historians consider her ... Features -
Coptic Christians rage at Tanta security chief over shortfalls
Coptic Christians in Tanta attacked the city’s security chief amid claims he failed to provide adequate protection after a deadly bombing attack ... Middle East -
Families gather after Egypt church attack, state of emergency approved
Families of victims of Sunday’s bombing at Alexandria’s Coptic cathedral gathered at the Monastery of Saint Mina under heavy security on ... Middle East -
Muslim Egyptians donate blood to deadly church blast victims
Egyptian men and women rushed to mosques in Tanta to donate blood for people injured in Sunday’s deadly blast, which struck the Coptic Christian ... Middle East -
Coptic Easter: How Egypt celebrates the rising of Christ
While Coptic fasting time is unequalled in any other Christian community, with a total of 210 days in 365, Features -
Egyptian bombed church was targeted two weeks ago
A Coptic Egyptian Church hit by a deadly blast on Sunday was itself a target of a failed bomb attack only two weeks ago, according to local media ... Features -
WATCH: Moment of blast in Egyptian church caught on live TV
A live state TV broadcast captured the moment of a blast that hit a church in the Egyptian city of Tanta on Sunday. The broadcast shows members of ... Middle East