President, Prime and Interior Ministers offer condolences to Pope Tawādrūs for Egyptian martyrs in Libya

Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrāhīm accompanied Egypt’s President ‛Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī on a visit to Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo to offer their condolences to Pope Tawādrūs II for the deaths of the Egyptian martyrs in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Mahlab said that those who lost their lives in this despicable and barbaric act were all martyrs for their homeland. He added that all Egyptians are ready to give their lives for their country and that Egypt will be victorious in its war against terrorism inside and outside its borders.

(16 February 2015, al-Yawm al-Sābi‛, Hind Mukhtār)

Read original article here