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Egypt's Sisi Presides over Inauguration of King Salman Int’l University in Sharm El-Sheikh

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi presided over the inauguration of the King Salman University in Sharm El-Sheikh. (SPA)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi presided over the inauguration of the King Salman University in Sharm El-Sheikh. (SPA)
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Egypt's Sisi Presides over Inauguration of King Salman Int’l University in Sharm El-Sheikh

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi presided over the inauguration of the King Salman University in Sharm El-Sheikh. (SPA)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi presided over the inauguration of the King Salman University in Sharm El-Sheikh. (SPA)

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi presided on Saturday over the inauguration of the King Salman University in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

The ceremony was attended by Governor of the Tabuk region Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and several ministers and senior officials.

Sisi and Prince Fahd toured the university and were briefed on its construction process.

King Salman International University is among the major projects aimed at developing the Sinai Peninsula. The university boasts 15 faculties distributed among its three branches in El-Tor, Ras Sedr, and Sharm El-Sheikh and can accommodate 30,000 students, reported local Egyptian media.

Sisi inaugurated several other projects during his visit to Sharm El-Sheikh.

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Türkiye Says it Kills 15 Kurdish Militants in Syria, Iraq

A crossing at the Syrian-Turkish borders. (AFP)
A crossing at the Syrian-Turkish borders. (AFP)
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Türkiye Says it Kills 15 Kurdish Militants in Syria, Iraq

A crossing at the Syrian-Turkish borders. (AFP)
A crossing at the Syrian-Turkish borders. (AFP)

Türkiye said on Tuesday it had killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Syria and two in Iraq, a sign that Ankara has pressed on with its campaign against fighters, some with possible links to US allies, since Donald Trump took office in the White House last week.

The Turkish defense ministry said the Kurdish fighters it had "neutralized" in Syria belonged to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.

Türkiye considers the PKK and YPG to be identical; the United States considers them separate groups, having banned the PKK as terrorists but recruited the YPG as its main allies in Syria in the campaign against ISIS.

Türkiye has long called on Washington to withdraw support for the YPG, and has expressed hope that Trump would revise the policy inherited from the previous administration of President Joe Biden.

Tuesday's report of major clashes was the second within days: Türkiye also reported having killed 13 Kurdish militants on Sunday. Turkish forces and their allies in Syria have repeatedly fought with Kurdish militants there since the toppling of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad last month.

Türkiye has said that the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed umbrella group that includes the Kurdish YPG, must disarm or face a military intervention.

Under the Biden administration the United States has had 2,000 troops in Syria fighting alongside the SDF and YPG.