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Wednesday 7 March 2018
British MPs ask to visit Egypt's former president in jail

By BRIAN ROHAN the request a day earlier in in detention in four years. dent, overthrown by the experience — to assess the
Associated Press a letter to the Egyptian am- They say he is suffering from military in 2013, still lan- situation."
CAIRO (AP) — Senior Brit- bassador in London. They worsening diabetes, high guishes in prison "in appall- President Abdel-Fattah el-
ish Members of Parliament said they want to review blood pressure, loss of sight ing conditions in breach of Sissi, who as defense minis-
said Tuesday they have the conditions of Morsi's in one eye and other ail- international laws." ter led Morsi's overthrow, is
asked Egyptian authorities detention in Egypt's Tora ments, and is not receiving "His request for urgent med- up for re-election later this
to allow them to visit for- prison along with a lawyer. proper treatment. ical treatment during a trial month in a vote in which
mer President Mohammed One of the parliamentar- The Egyptian Embassy in session was refused," Abdul- he faces no serious chal-
Morsi, deposed and now in ians is a doctor specializing London did not immediate- lah said in a statement. lengers.
prison, over concerns that in cases of mistreatment ly respond to requests for "Regardless of any person's A string of would-be com-
his health is deteriorating and torture. comment. opinion of my father or his petitors either withdrew
because of poor detention In a copy of the letter, Blunt Morsi's son Abdullah says beliefs, this is unacceptable under pressure or were ar-
conditions. says he was asked to make that Egypt's upcoming for anyone. That is why we rested, and the only other
The bipartisan group, head- the request on behalf of election should be a re- have asked this indepen- candidate is a little-known
ed by the Conservative Morsi's family, who say they minder that its first demo- dent panel — with legal, politician who supports el-
Party's Crispin Blunt, made have seen him only twice cratically elected presi- medical and foreign policy Sissi. q
Russian plane crash in Syria kills 39 servicemen

technical error. were killed Monday — the
Meanwhile, shelling near deadliest day since the
the rebel-held eastern sub- U.N. Security Council de-
urbs of Damascus killed manded a 30-day cease-
dozens of people over the fire for Syria — and at least
past 24 hours as President nine were killed Tuesday.
Bashar Assad's govern- "People were telling us very
ment, supported by the desperate stories.
Russian military, pushed They are tired, they are an-
its assault on the capital's gry. They don't want aid,
rebel-held suburbs. Inter- what they want is the shell-
national aid workers on a ing to stop," Pawel Krzysiek,
rare humanitarian mission head of communications
inside the besieged area for the Syrian branch of the
described dramatic scenes International Committee of
of rescuers trying to pull the Red Cross, said Tues-
corpses from the rubble of day. He said thousands of
buildings and children who families were huddled in
hadn't seen daylight in 15 underground shelters, re-
days. The mission on Mon- luctant to eat in front of
day to the area known as each other because of the
eastern Ghouta was cut pervasive hunger, and chil-
short after the government dren who watched as aid
This photo shows civilians gathering near a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent in Dou- shelling escalated while the workers tried to pull corpses
ma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 5, 2018. A Russian military aid workers were still inside, from the rubble.
cargo plane crashed near an air base in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 Russian servicemen on calling into question future "No child should be witness-
board in a blow to Russian operations in Syria.
(Syrian Red Crescent via AP) aid shipments to the encir- ing this in their very early
cled region, the last major state of development.
ZEINA KARAM near an air base in Syria on tions in Syria. The Russian opposition stronghold near The Syrian government,
NATALIYA VASILYEVA Tuesday, killing all 39 Rus- military quickly insisted the the capital. through the SANA state
BEIRUT (AP) — A Russian mil- sian servicemen on board plane was not shot down Opposition activists and a news agency, denied using
itary cargo plane crashed in a blow to Russian opera- and blamed the crash on a war monitor said 80 people chemical weapons.q

Saudi crown prince winds up trip to Egypt with mosque visit

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Ara- outcome of three years of whose teaching counters counter the growing influ- warm welcome in Egypt,
bia’s crown prince wound restoration work financed radicalism and violence, ence of non-Arab and Shi- whose government views
up his three-day visit to by a Saudi grant. Also at but it has in recent months ite Iran in the region. Saudi aid and investment
Egypt on Tuesday with a hand was Al-Azhar’s Grand been accused of theologi- Al-Tayeb thanked Prince as key to reviving the coun-
symbolically significant visit Imam, Sheikh Ahmed al- cal rigidity and of resisting Mohammed profusely for try’s battered economy.
to Al-Azhar, the world’s Tayeb. calls to renew Islam’s reli- the kingdom’s help. Posters featuring the prince
foremost seat of learning The mosque, built in the gious discourse. “This is our duty and every alongside el-Sissi lined ma-
for Sunni Muslims. 10th century, is now part Egypt and Saudi Arabia are Saudi hopes that he can jor roads in central Cairo.
Accompanied by Egyptian of a sprawling university viewed to be Sunni power- contribute, even in a simple Pro-government television
President Abdel-Fattah el- teaching Islam as well houses whose weight, to- way, to the renovation and networks broadcast pro-
Sissi, Crown Prince Moham- as secular subjects and gether with that of smaller improvement of Al-Azhar,” motional videos about Sau-
med bin Salman was given a nationwide network of Sunni Arab allies like Jor- the Saudi heir apparent di Arabia and the prince’s
a tour of the mosque at the schools. It is perceived to dan and the United Arab said in reply to al-Tayeb. efforts to modernize the oil-
heart of old Cairo to see the be a bastion of moderation Emirates, is called upon to The prince was given a rich kingdom.q