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, ...

A three-story house collapsed on Thursday, in the village of Al-Hawatka, Al-Jaab area, in the Manfalut district of Assiut Governorate. Major General Wael Nassar, Assiut Security Director, received a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A new service and training center for water and sanitation services that has been established in Assiut with funding support from the United States will provide services for more than 650,000 ...

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