Egyptian court declares Palestinian movement Hamas 'terrorist' organization. (AlAhram).
Since Egypt's military ousted Islamist president Mohammad Morsi in 2013, the authorities have accused Hamas of aiding jihadis who have waged a string of deadly attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on Saturday ruled Hamas a terrorist organisation, a month after the group's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was also designated a terror group by the same court.
The verdict resulted from two separate private suits filed by Samir Sabry and Ashraf Said, both lawyers, against the de facto rulers of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestinian sister organisation.
Egypt's cabinet declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group in December 2013, and the authorities have since charged many Brotherhood members with offences including support for terrorism.
The court statement from the Al-Qassam Brigades ruling in January said that the group's "recent planning and financing of terrorist attacks show that Al-Qassam brigades and Hamas have swayed from their original cause of fighting the Israeli occupation."
It is not yet clear how these court decisions would affect Egyptian traditional efforts to mediate peace talks or cease fires between Gaza leaders and their Israeli counterparts. Read the full story here.
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