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Egypt Sentences 59 Brotherhood Suspects Over 2013 Protest

Egyptian security forces round up suspected protesters after a deadly 2013 operation to disperse a six-week sit-in in the capital's Rabaa al-Adaweya Square Engy Imad ENGY IMAD/AFP/File
Egyptian security forces round up suspected protesters after a deadly 2013 operation to disperse a six-week sit-in in the capital's Rabaa al-Adaweya Square Engy Imad ENGY IMAD/AFP/File
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Egypt Sentences 59 Brotherhood Suspects Over 2013 Protest

Egyptian security forces round up suspected protesters after a deadly 2013 operation to disperse a six-week sit-in in the capital's Rabaa al-Adaweya Square Engy Imad ENGY IMAD/AFP/File
Egyptian security forces round up suspected protesters after a deadly 2013 operation to disperse a six-week sit-in in the capital's Rabaa al-Adaweya Square Engy Imad ENGY IMAD/AFP/File

An Egyptian court sentenced 59 suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood to 15 years in prison on Thursday over the 2013 Rabaa al-Adawiya protest.

Seven other defendants were handed five-year sentences following the latest mass trial in the government's crackdown on the former ruling party, now blacklisted as a terror group.

The court acquitted 29 of the accused.

The charges related to a nearly six-week-long sit-in in the capital's Rabaa al-Adaweya Square was triggered by the overthrow of former president Mohamed Morsi.

The charges in the Rabaa trial included organizing or participating in the sit-in, blocking roads and the murder of security personnel ordered to disperse the protest.

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Lebanese Military Calls for Calm

A Lebanese Army patrol. (EPA)
A Lebanese Army patrol. (EPA)
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Lebanese Military Calls for Calm

A Lebanese Army patrol. (EPA)
A Lebanese Army patrol. (EPA)

In its first statement since the recent escalation with Israel and following the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon's military called for calm among the Lebanese “at this dangerous and delicate stage."
Government officials fear that the country’s deep political divisions at a time of war could rekindle sectarian strife and violence in the small Mediterranean country.
“The Israeli enemy is working to implement its destructive plans and spread division among the Lebanese,” the military said.
Military vehicles have been deployed in different parts of the capital as thousands of displaced people continue moving from the south to Beirut.
An Israeli airstrike on northeast Lebanon killed 11 people Sunday morning, a day after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed the death of multiple commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The Israeli army says it's carrying out attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the number of those displaced by the conflict from southern Lebanon has more than doubled and now stands at more than 211,000, according to the United Nations.
Hezbollah and Israel have traded near-daily strikes since the Israel-Hama s war started after the Palestinian militant group stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, sparking fears of regional war.