For residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, there are two ways to leave and neither is easy. The first route is via the Erez crossing on the eastern edge of the territory into Israel, while the second option is to travel south to Egypt via Rafah.

Syrian families arrested while trying to enter Egypt without authorization are terrified by the Egyptian authorities’ threats to send them back to war-torn Syria, human rights activists say.

Egypt Border guards aborted during August infiltration and illegal immigration attempts by 217 people of various nationalities.

Egyptian authorities yesterday announced that they would close the Rafah border crossing for one day, Maan News Agency  reported.

An inspection committee of Russian security experts will inspect security procedures at the Red Seas’s Hurghada International Airport, as part of Russia’s measures to prepare resumption of direct and charter flights to the city, airport sources said on Saturday.

Egyptian authorities thwarted an attempt of smuggling more than 2 tons of drugs, worth LE 2 billion [US $115,5 million] on board of a ship in the Red Sea, said the Ministry of Interior in a statement on Thursday.

The Egyptian navy yesterday entered Palestinian waters off the Gaza coast and arrested four Palestinian fishermen south of the Gaza Strip, Safa news agency reported.

Palestinians are now allowed to cross the Rafah border to perform the minor “Umrah” pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia for the first time after a four year ban, starting from Sunday March 3.

The sole passenger crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen in both directions Tuesday, Hamas said, after it was partially closed amid Palestinian political infighting.

Egypt has today closed the Rafah crossing in both directions stopping Palestinians from travelling in and out of the besieged Gaza Strip.