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Egypt Arrests 14 Members of Terrorist ‘Hasm’ Group

Egypt detains 14 members of the terrorist Hasm movement. (Reuters)
Egypt detains 14 members of the terrorist Hasm movement. (Reuters)
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Egypt Arrests 14 Members of Terrorist ‘Hasm’ Group

Egypt detains 14 members of the terrorist Hasm movement. (Reuters)
Egypt detains 14 members of the terrorist Hasm movement. (Reuters)

Egypt announced on Saturday the arrest of 14 members of the terrorist Hasm organization.

The Interior Ministry said that the detainees include one of its leaders in the Menoufiya province in the Nile Delta region.

They were planning on carrying out several terrorist attacks, said the ministry in a statement on its Facebook page.

The arrests were made following information received by the national security that said that the Hasm leaders had tasked the group’s members in Menoufiya to reactivate armed operations and prepare terrorist attacks in order to destabilize the country.

Leading member of the group Sami Abdulhamid Abdulaal was arrested in the consequent security operation.

Authorities also succeeded in unearthing the locations of various Hasm cells, detaining 13 terrorists.

The Hasm movement had announced its responsibility for the murder of several Egyptian policemen in the past few months.

The police in return announced that a number of members of the terror group were killed in various security raids throughout the country.

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Syria Announces 200 Percent Public Sector Wage, Pension Increase

FILE PHOTO: Bundles of Syrian currency notes are stacked up as an employee counts money at Syrian central bank, in Damascus,Syria, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Bundles of Syrian currency notes are stacked up as an employee counts money at Syrian central bank, in Damascus,Syria, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo
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Syria Announces 200 Percent Public Sector Wage, Pension Increase

FILE PHOTO: Bundles of Syrian currency notes are stacked up as an employee counts money at Syrian central bank, in Damascus,Syria, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Bundles of Syrian currency notes are stacked up as an employee counts money at Syrian central bank, in Damascus,Syria, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo

Syria announced on Sunday a 200 percent hike in public sector wages and pensions, as it seeks to address a grinding economic crisis after the recent easing of international sanctions.

Over a decade of civil war has taken a heavy toll on Syria's economy, with the United Nations reporting more than 90 percent of its people live in poverty.

In a decree published by state media, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a "200 percent increase to salaries and wages... for all civilian and military workers in public ministries, departments and institutions.”

Under the decree, the minimum wage for government employees was raised to 750,000 Syrian pounds per month, or around $75, up from around $25, AFP reported.

A separate decree granted the same 200 percent increase to retirement pensions included under current social insurance legislation.

Last month, the United States and European Union announced they would lift economic sanctions in a bid to help the country's recovery.

Also in May, Syria's Finance Minister Mohammed Barnieh said Qatar would help it pay some public sector salaries.

The extendable arrangement was for $29 million a month for three months, and would cover "wages in the health, education and social affairs sectors and non-military" pensions, he had said.

Barnieh had said the grant would be managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and covered around a fifth of current wages and salaries.

Syria has some 1.25 million public sector workers, according to official figures.