Saturday, September 28, 2024

Baghdad

Over 1,200 Iraqis leave Egypt due to disturbances there:

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The number of Iraqis who have left Egypt till today (Tuesday) has reached 1,213 persons due to the disturbances that took place there, an Iraqi Airways spokesman said on Tuesday. “The number of aircraft and air flights that had been flown from Iraq to Cairo and back, with an average of 2-3 fights per day, including the special aircraft of the Iraqi Prime Minister,” he said, adding that the number of Iraqis who returned home from Egypt had reached 1,213, who returned home due to the disturbances there.”  The Egyptian authorities have imposed a curfew on Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities, cutting all communications inside Egypt and with the world at large, following demonstrations that demanded the “departure of President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the country for 30 years, whilst news agencies reported hundreds of casualties due to clashes between security forces and demonstrators. PT / SKH 153