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Egypt Extends State of Emergency in Country for Another 3 Months - Reports

CAIRO (Sputnik) - The Egyptian parliament approved on Sunday by a majority of votes yet another three-month extension of the state of emergency in the country, which was imposed back in 2017 after deadly terrorist attacks, the Al-Ahram newspaper reported.
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According to Al-Ahram, the extension will come into force at 1:00 a.m. on January 15 (23:00 GMT on January 14).

A three-month state of emergency was initially declared in April 2017 following the terrorist attacks on Christian churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria in the north of the country.

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The attacks reportedly claimed by the Daesh* terrorist group, killed almost 50 people. The state of emergency has been since regularly extended by three months.

* Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/IS/Islamic State) is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia

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