Egypt's Banque Misr is preparing a file to exit its investments in some companies as part of a government program to reduce state ownership in the local economy. The deals will be announced after coordination with the committee for public procurement, according to an official source who refused to be named. The source told the Arab World News Agency that the bank is preparing to sell its shares in 13 out of 176 companies in its portfolio, adding that the companies subject to exit are profitable.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, claimed responsibility in a statement on Sunday for yesterday’s infiltration from Lebanon towards Israel and announced that 3 of its fighters were killed after they managed to “penetrate into” Israel. The group said its fighters managed to blow the border fence between the two countries and target the surveillance and access point inside occupied Palestine.
Political, economic and parliamentary movements between Egypt and Iran have increased the chances of improving ties between the two countries, heralding the return of relations between Cairo and Tehran.
The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, said his country is giving the Kurdistan region and Iraq a few days to disarm the Kurdish parties and expel them from all over Iraq. Iranian media outlets reported Bagheri saying there is no place in the region for Iran's enemies, foreigners, or the opposing Kurdish parties. He added that the armed separatist terrorist forces must be completely disarmed and expelled from all over Iraq.