Recent News Headlines : Damietta - Egypt

EGYPT UNCOVERS ANCIENT NECROPOLIS SOUTH OF CAIRO


Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient necropolis containing 40 stone sarcophagi, about 1,000 small statues and a necklace charm bearing the hi... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 0

ELECTRIC CAR-CHARGING STATIONS CHANGING THE FACE OF EGYPT


According to Revolta's Chief Executive, Mohamed Badawy, the company aims to offer electric cars for 250,000 Egyptian pounds 14,145 ... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 41

EGYPT HAILS DISCOVERY OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD CEMETERY


Ancient Egypt was divided into Lower, Middle and Upper Egypt, which each region having around 20 nomes... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 2062

THE 'WATER WAR' BREWING OVER THE NEW RIVER NILE DAM


Egypt and Ethiopia have a big disagreement, Sudan is in the middle, and a big geopolitical shift is being played out along the world's longest river... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 481

DAMMING THE NILE: EXPLORE WITH 360 VIDEO


Join the BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead and his team, travelling from the Blue Nile's source to the sea - through Ethiopia and Sudan into Egypt... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 706

EGYPT PUTS FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON TERRORISM LIST


Abol Fotouh was among the first of several high-profile Egyptians to call for a boycott of the election... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 3

EGYPTIAN, ISRAELI FIRMS SIGN $15BN NATURAL GAS DEAL


An Egyptian company will buy 15 billion of Israeli natural gas in two 10-year agreements... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 8

EGYPTIAN, ISRAELI FIRMS SIGN $15BN NATURAL GAS DEAL


Israel to export 15bn worth of natural gas to Egypt over 10-year period... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 2573

'SOVEREIGN EGYPTIAN DECISION'


Groups say 160 Palestinians have been stranded for 13 days after Egyptians authorities suddenly closed Rafah crossing... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 256

EGYPT'S OPPOSITION CONDEMNS DETENTION OF ABOUL FOTOUH


Strong Egypt Party urges public unity against what it called government's 'intentional blockage' of political dissent... READ MORE

16th February, 2018 328

EGYPT MILITARY SAYS 53 MILITANTS KILLED IN WEEK-LONG OFFENSIVE


Major General Yasser Abdel Aziz of the Military Operations Authority said the operation would end when Sinai was free of terrorists ... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 35

EGYPT DETAINS EX-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ABOUL FOTOUH


Egyptian police have arrested Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate, over his alleged ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group... READ MORE

15th February, 2018 387

EGYPT TO PROBE EX-ARMY CHIEF AND AIDE OVER SECRET FILES


Lawyer Samir Sabry accused Aboul Fotouh of spreading fake news and demeaning Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi... READ MORE

13th February, 2018 382

EGYPT KILLS 12 MORE SUSPECTED FIGHTERS IN SINAI


Egypt's army said it has killed at least 12 more suspected fighters and arrested almost 100 in a major military operation launched in the northern Sinai Peninsula... READ MORE

12th February, 2018 643

EGYPT KILLS 16 FIGHTERS IN SINAI MILITARY OPERATION


More than 60 targets destroyed in major military operation in the restive Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian army says... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 728

EGYPT LAUNCHES MILITARY OPERATION IN SINAI, NILE DELTA


In November 2017, at least 235 people were killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Bir al-Abed, a town in North Sinai province... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 1364

83 CHILDREN KILLED IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA


At least 83 children were killed in conflict zones throughout the Middle East and North Africa last month, according to the United Nations children's agency... READ MORE

5th February, 2018 2428

ISRAELIS TARGET ISIS FIGHTERS IN EGYPT AS PART OF COVERT COUNTERTERRORISM PACT


ISIS has done so many horrible things in Egypt, the official said, using another name for the Islamic State... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 1328

EGYPT SAYS 4,400-YEAR-OLD TOMB DISCOVERED OUTSIDE CAIRO


It likely belonged to a woman known as Hetpet, who archaeologists believe was close to ancient Egyptian royals of the 5th Dynasty... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 12

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER ANCIENT TOMB NEAR GIZA PYRAMIDS


Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a more than 4,000-year-old tomb near the famed Giza Pyramids just outside the capital Cairo... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 138

WORLD'S TALLEST MAN AND SMALLEST WOMAN VISIT EGYPT'S FAMOUS PYRAMIDS


I only saw Egypt on Google and it was one of my dreams to see the pyramids... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 18

EGYPTIAN OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF 'ABSURD' POLL


Hamdeen Sabahi, Sisi's only rival in the 2014 presidential elections, launched the campaign under the slogan, Stay at home... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 435

EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL ANAN HELD IN MILITARY JAIL


The Egyptian army arrested Sami Anan days after announcing he would run for presidential elections... READ MORE

28th January, 2018 884

EGYPT RENEWS MAHMOUD HUSSEIN'S DETENTION FOR 11TH TIME


Egypt has extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein for an 11th time, 403 days after he was first arrested on bogus charges... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 1084

GIULIO REGENI MURDERED IN EGYPT 'OVER RESEARCH'


Egyptian officials, who deny any involvement in Regeni's murder, have admitted that he was being monitored... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 753

EGYPT MARKS SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ARAB SPRING UPRISING


A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer, Khaled Ali, withdrew his presidential campaign on Wednesday... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 1312

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI NOW WITHOUT AN OPPONENT IN EGYPT'S ELECTION


Abdel Fattah el-Sisi now without an opponent in Egypt's election... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 205

ARMY ARRESTS PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL SAMI ANAN


Egypt's armed forces accuse former chief of staff of forging documents to enter his name in voters' database... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 534

ETHIOPIA REFUSES WORLD BANK ARBITRATION OVER NILE RIVER DAM


Ethiopia maintains that the dam's construction will not reduce Egypt's share of the river's water... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 0

EGYPT OPPOSITION HITS ROADBLOCK ON PATH TO PRESIDEN


The fight to gather nomination pledges is the real fight in these elections, Ali said on Wednesday... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 233

Trending News Headlines : Damietta

ATTACK AT SUFI MOSQUE KILLS 305


Islamist militants who had found a safe haven in Sinai for attacks on Israel then turned their guns on the Egyptian armed forces... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 86786

EGYPTIAN WARPLANES STRIKE 'TERRORIST' TARGETS AFTER MOSQUE ATTACK KILLS 305


Scores more wounded when al-Rawdah mosque in north Sinai bombed and fleeing worshippers gunned down... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 26497

COPTIC POPE CANCELS PENCE MEETING OVER JERUSALEM


Egypt Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 20907

GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS


Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 13781

GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS


Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 11605

MILITANTS KILL MORE THAN 230 AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK


Hours after the attack, Egypt's military launched air strikes on targets in mountainous areas around Bir al-Abed, security sources and witnesses said... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 11571

EGYPT: GUNMAN LAUNCHES DEADLY ATTACK ON MAR MINA CHURCH


At least 10 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on a Coptic church near the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 5291

EGYPT'S SALAH WINS AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR PRIZE


Egypt forward Mohamed Salah has capped the most successful period of his career by winning the 2017 African player of the year award... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 5005

EGYPT SINAI ATTACKERS 'CARRIED IS FLAGS'


Egyptian officials investigating the massacre of worshippers at a mosque in Sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 4938

GUNMEN LAUNCH DEADLY ATTACK ON COPTIC CHURCH NEAR CAIRO


The Coptic church statement said a Christian-owned electronics shop in Helwan was also attacked before the church shootout, killing the brothers Romani and Attia Shaker... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 4725

EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK: HUNDREDS KILLED, STATE MEDIA REPORT


Hundreds killed in Egypt mosque attack, state media reports... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 3541

AL JAZEERA'S MAHMOUD HUSSEIN DETAINED FOR ONE YEAR


He covered Egypt's 2011 revolution which toppled former President Hosni Mubarak and the events that followed, up until the closing of Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau in 2013... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 3092

IN EGYPT FURIOUS RETALIATION BUT FAILING STRATEGY IN SINAI


Foreign reporters and most Egyptian ones are not allowed into Sinai... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2648

'EXCEPTIONAL DAY': 2 ANCIENT TOMBS DISCOVERED IN EGYPTS LUXOR


ET Dec. 9, 2017 CLOSE Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt have discovered two small ancient tombs dating back about 3,500 years... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 2614

EGYPT RAISES DEATH TOLL IN SINAI MOSQUE ATTACK TO 305


Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 2469

'IF YOU RAISED YOUR HEAD YOU GOT SHOT'


Egypt mosque death toll rises to 305, military carries out air strikes... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2299

MORSI GETS 3 YEARS IN JAIL FOR 'INSULTING JUDICIARY'


Egyptian court sentences ex-president Mohamed Morsi to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 2214

EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK SURVIVOR: I HID UNDER DEAD BODIES


02 41 The al Rawdah Sufi mosque is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 2004

INTERNET CONFUSION AFTER EGYPT FOOTBALLER WINS AFRICA AWARD


Another Twitter user posted African football is sooo corrupt man Salah is not even African he's Egyptian... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 2004

EGYPTIAN AIR STRIKE KILLS 'TERRORIST' MOSQUE ATTACKERS


However, mosques in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid town have also been hit... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1973

EGYPT SUFFERS WORST ATTACK AS 235 KILLED IN ASSAULT ON MOSQUE


Foreign media access to northern Sinai is restricted, but state television showed orange ambulances lined up and rescue workers tending to casualties on stretchers... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1839

DONALD TRUMP USES EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK THAT KILLED 235 TO PROMOTE BORDER WALL AND TRAVEL BAN


To protest President Donald Trump's Executive Order banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Yemen... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1822

'BODIES PILED UP ON TOP OF ME'


Islamic militants stepped up their campaign of violence in northern Sinai after the military ousted the elected but divisive Morsi... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1602

EGYPT EXTENDS AL JAZEERA'S MAHMOUD HUSSEIN'S JAIL TERM


Al Jazeera Media Network denies all allegations against Hussein and has demanded his immediate and unconditional release... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 1574

MILITANTS KILL HUNDREDS AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK


Bloodshed in the Sinai worsened after 2013 when Sisi led the overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 1524

SAAD HARIRI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AFTER CABINET MEETING


Prime Minister Saad Hariri has revoked his resignation after Lebanon's cabinet voted to affirm its disengagement from conflicts in the Arab world... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 1233

ISLAMIC STATESINAI PROVINCE: WHAT IS THE ISIS-AFFILIATED GROUP?


Islamic StateSinai Province What is the ISIS-linked terrorist group?... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1073

UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS


The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 1033

EGYPT HANGS 15 FOR SINAI PENINSULA VIOLENCE


ISIL-affiliated fighters have ramped up deadly attacks in Sinai in recent years, inflicting heavy losses on the Egyptian military as well as civilians... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1017

DEADLY BALLOON CRASH AT EGYPTIAN RESORT


A hot air balloon carrying tourists has crashed near the Egyptian city of Luxor, with one person killed and several injured, officials say... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 926


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