Egypt Announces Date of Presidential Elections

An Egyptian woman casts her vote in Egypt’s presidential elections. (AFP)
An Egyptian woman casts her vote in Egypt’s presidential elections. (AFP)
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Egypt Announces Date of Presidential Elections

An Egyptian woman casts her vote in Egypt’s presidential elections. (AFP)
An Egyptian woman casts her vote in Egypt’s presidential elections. (AFP)

Egypt announced on Monday the date for the March presidential elections for voters inside and outside the country.

Elections for voters outside the country will be held between March 16 to 18.

Elections in Egypt will be held between March 26 and 28.

Should there be a need for a re-election, the vote for expatriates will take place between April 19 and 21 and voters in the country between April 24 and 26.

First round results will be announced on April 2 and, in the event of a run-off, on May 1.



Israeli Strike in Syria Kills 5 Soldiers

People fleeing from Lebanon arrive on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon in Jdeidat Yabus in southwestern Syria on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
People fleeing from Lebanon arrive on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon in Jdeidat Yabus in southwestern Syria on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
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Israeli Strike in Syria Kills 5 Soldiers

People fleeing from Lebanon arrive on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon in Jdeidat Yabus in southwestern Syria on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
People fleeing from Lebanon arrive on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon in Jdeidat Yabus in southwestern Syria on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

An overnight Israeli airstrike on a military site in the area of Kfar Yabous in Syria near the border with Lebanon killed five Syrian army soldiers and injured another, Syrian state news agency SANA reported Friday, citing an unnamed military official.

Israel's military did not immediately acknowledge the strike. Israel regularly targets military sites in Syria and facilities linked to Iran and the Lebanon’s Hezbollah but rarely acknowledges them.

Those strikes have become more frequent as Hezbollah has exchanged fire with Israeli forces for the past 11 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese and Syrians have fled across the border from Lebanon into Syria since the beginning of the week amid intense Israeli bombardment that Israel says is targeting Hezbollah fighters and weapons. The strikes have killed an estimated 700 people to date, including at least 150 women and children.