President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Sunday Presidential Decree No. 174 for the Year 2021 ratifying the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months.<\/p>\n
The decree is effective as of April 25 1:00 am CLT, to safegaurd security across the country. The decision was published in the official Gazette of Sunday. <\/p>\n
A state of emergency in the Egyptian state was declared in April 2017 for 3 months following the two church bombings that claimed the lives of 47 people, and has been renewed since then.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Armed Forces and Tourism Police shall take all the necessary measures to combat the dangers of terrorism and its financing sources in order to maintain security throughout the country, protect the public and private properties and save the lives of citizens,\u201d the Article No. 2 of the decree says.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Sunday Presidential Decree No. 174 for the Year 2021 ratifying the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months. The decree is effective as of April 25 1:00 am CLT, to safegaurd security across the country. The decision was published in the official Gazette of Sunday. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":225800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[2484,8470,54433],"class_list":["post-225799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-egypt","tag-sisi","tag-state-of-emergency"],"yoast_head":"\n