Tag: Rafah

Different angles to analyse Rafah’s turmoil

At midnight on Sunday, 16 Egyptian border guards were pronounced dead. One…

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An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 06, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMED MAHMOUD
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Sinai attack – Repercussions on the Gaza blockade

The killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border raises questions

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Palestinians unload their belongings from a taxi as the ready to cross to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt (photo: AFP / Said Khatib)
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Hamas and Morsy to open Rafah

Over a weekend of meetings the Egyptian President and Hamas Prime Minister…

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Palestinians gathered to protest at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza (photo: SAID KHATIB/AFP)
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Palestinian women deported from US to Egypt, sent to Rafah

The deportation of the 'stateless' women causes uproar among Arab rights groups…

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Palestinians wave their national flag during a rally in front of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Hamas's prime minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya called on Egypt on Wednesday to keep the Rafah border crossing open around the clock (AFP)
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Hamas calls on Egypt to end Rafah crossing quotas

Permanently opening the border crossing and removing the quota, would allow Egypt…

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Tunnel business, security vacuum main concerns for Arish residents

By Tamim Elyan Al-Arish: Two pickup trucks loaded with machine guns carrying armed…

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Egypt, Hamas reopen Rafah border after agreement

RAFAH: The Rafah border crossing was reopened on Wednesday after disagreements between…

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