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  According to Nash’at Tal’at Sidīq, the only survivor of the Libyan massacre that cost the life of 7 Egyptians, the victims – including his father – were killed for sectarian reasons. He reported that a group of masked men wearing military uniforms and carrying machine guns entered their building...
On February 26th, newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahīm Mahlab made his first public appearance when he visited the papal residence at St. Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abāssiyah. Accompanied by Dr. Ghādah Wālī, the new Minister of Social Solidarity, Mahlab offered Pope Tawadros II his condolences for the...
Rāmī Ka’āl, spokesperson for the Libyan Interior Ministry, stated that the investigations into the case of the seven Egyptians who were shot in Libya are still ongoing. He said that some clues were found as to what happened, but that considering the sensitivity of the case this information remains...
  Badr ‘Abd al-‘Ātī, official spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the Egyptian foreign ministry – together with the Libyan authorities – is following up closely on the case of the seven Egyptians Christians that were shot in Benghazi (Banighāzī), Libya. ‘Abd al-‘Ātī...
Father Morcos Zaghlūl Bolus, priest of the Virgin Mary and Martyr St. Girgis Church in Misrata (Musrātah), Libya, said that after great efforts of the church, together with the pastor of the St. Mina Church in al-Baydā – 200 km from Benghazi (Banīghāzī) – it remains unclear whether the seven...
Libyan police has found the bodies of seven Coptic Egyptians killed in Eastern Libya. A security source stated that the bodies were found shot in the head (Mahmūd Husām, al- Tahrīr, Feb. 25, p. 20). Read original text in Arabic.    
  Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wadi Natrūn Monastery announced the opening of the shrine of the late Pope Shenouda III to visitors. The monastery is to receive Coptic and Muslim visitors to earn blessings and learn about his private life.  
General Khalīfah Haftar, head of the land troops in the Libyan army, stated that he “shall not leave one member of the Muslim Brotherhood on Libyan soil”. 
  Former MB leader Ibrahim Rabee described the fugitive Egyptian terrorist Hisham Ashmawi, al-Qaeda Leader in Derna, who was captured by the Libyan army as the black box of the Muslim Brotherhood and the other extremist organizations in Libya.
I understand that there is sensitivity regarding travel to the Western Desert and when you look at the map, the case against travelling or living there seems obvious: Sīwah [Siwa] oasis is a long way from the Nile Valley and not so far from Libya. On the ground, the situation is very different.

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