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Did Sisi offer for sale Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir Islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia?


Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Cairo for a summit accompanied by a large delegation of Saudi ministers and officials on Thursday 7th of April .Aljazeera and other media in the Middle East reported last weekend (Saturday) that the Egyptian government said a new maritime border agreement with Riyadh would put the Red Sea islands of Sanafir and Tiran that  long considered as Egyptian one’s  within Saudi territorial waters. This was announced suddenly and surprised the country’s opposition as all the people of Egypt and caused a lot of criticism even outside the country’s borders. Continue reading Did Sisi offer for sale Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir Islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia?

10 Middle East start-ups to watch in 2016 #start-up#innovation


 

For many, the Middle East hardly seems the locale for a burgeoning entrepreneurial scene. But over the last decade, the region has witnessed strong advances made by young minds to improve civil society across the region.

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