Saudi king grants Sisi medal of honour
8/11/2014
Saudi's King Abdallah presented Egypt's President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi with the highest medal of honour in the Kingdom during their meeting in Jeddah yesterday.
The visit by Al-Sisi is his first to the Kingdom since he assumed office on June 8. During the trip the leaders discussed bilateral relatios and issues of mutual concern, especially the developments in Gaza, Anadolu reported.
The two sides are expected to discuss the preparations for the donors' conference for Egypt, promised by the Saudi king and endorsed by the United Arab Emirates.
A day before his trip to the Kingdom, Al-Sisi called for the formation of an "Arab Alliance" to counter the danger of the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) which has seized control of vast swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Following the military's ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in July last year, Gulf countries were quick to lend support to the new regime, led by Al-Sisi. Gulf aid to Egypt since Morsi's ouster amounted to $15.9 billion, including $6.9 billion from the UAE, $5 billion from Saudi, and $4 billion from Kuwait.
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*What really happened on the day more than 900 people died in Egypt
The story of a massacre.
It began with the sound of whistles in the dark. Civilian guards on the makeshift barricades had seen armored vehicles rolling toward the sleeping protesters, and raised the alarm.
Then, an announcement from the vehicles: "The security forces ask residents of this neighborhood to close all windows and balconies. Stay inside your houses during the clearance of this sit-in."
Two streets away from east Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya Square, where she’d spent the night with tens of thousands of others, 31-year-old Asmaa Shehata saw a young man on foot pelting toward her car. “It’s started,” he bellowed. It was 6 a.m.
By the end of the day on Aug. 14, 2013, more than 900 people would die inside the encampment, plunging Egypt into turmoil. It was the deadliest day in the history of Egypt's republic.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/140221/what-happened-rabaa-square
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