Egyptian court rules against handing over islands to Saudi Arabia
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Euronews
On January 16, Euronews reported that an Egyptian court nullified the transfer of two Red Sea islands in the Gulf of Aqaba, known as Tiran and Sanafir, from Egyptian to Saudi sovereignty. The decision was met by jubilant crowds and the April 2016 agreement to transfer the islands to Saudi Arabia was widely criticized and condemned by the Egyptian public.
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- The Supreme Administrative Court
- المحكمة الإدارية العليا
- complicating the relations
- تعقيد العلاقات
- (here) indisputable
- مقطوع بها بأدلة
- The Red Sea
- البحر الأحمر
- Egyptian protection
- الحماية المصرية
- straight(s)
- مضيق ، مضايق
- economic support
- دعم اقتصادي
- invalidating, nullifying / nullification
- بطلان
- area, space, distance
- مساحة
- The Gulf of Aqaba
- خليج العقبة