Accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, Al Jazeera Mubasher-Misrk, the Qatari 24-hour news channel, announced the “temporary” closure of its Egyptian office on December 22nd. It has “temporarily stopped transmitting until the necessary permits are issued for its return to Cairo, in coordination with the Egyptian authorities”, the Doha-based channel announced on its website. This decision “comes two days after a meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and an emissary of Doha, through Saudi mediation”. When it returns, the channel’s branch will no longer be known as Mubasher-Misr (Egypt Live). It will probably merge with Al-Jazeera Mubasher Al-Amma.
Sources: atlasinfo.fr, hebdo.ahram.org.eg, directinfo.fr
