Two soldiers were injured on Friday in an attack on a security checkpoint in the southern province of Assiut (350 kms south of Cairo). Unidentified gunmen opened fire at army and police forces manning ...

Among several painted murals, archaeologists highlighted a striking image of “a multitude of eyes centred on a single face,” which they interpret as a Coptic symbol of spiritual vigilance. An Egyptian ...

Earlier Sunday, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated new Assiut barrage project, the latest hydroelectric project in the country. The new hydroelectric plant includes four turbines and ...

A rabid dog bit 16 people, most of them children, aged between two and 12, in Manfalut Center, Assiut Governorate, on Saturday evening. They were transferred by ambulance to Manfalut General Hospital ...

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Assiut holds special significance: It is considered to be the final stop of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt. Celebrations for the feast of the Virgin Mary, ...

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El Sisi allocated 109.96 acres of state lands near Bani Ghaleb in Assiut governorate to be turned into Coptic cemeteries, according to an official presidential decree ...

Church authorities in Assiut, in Upper Egypt, deplore what they have described as an “irresponsible act” of a Coptic student accused of insulting Islam Church authorities in Assiut, in Upper Egypt, ...

Flydubai landed in Assiut early this morning, marking the start of operations to its third Egyptian destination and sixteenth route overall. FZ181 took off from Dubai International Airport’s Terminal ...

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FZ181 took off from Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2 at 0030hrs and made its inaugural landing in the ancient city of Assiut at 0315hrs local time this morning. One of the oldest and largest ...

Every August, tens of thousands of Egypt’s Coptic Christians and Egyptian Muslims take buses and trains to the Virgin Mary Monastery in Assiut. This year, Muslims were banned from attending the event ...