A senior police officer was killed when Egyptian security forces stormed a village outside Cairo Thursday in the latest crackdown on gunmen, while unexploded bombs on the tracks briefly halted Cairo's metro.
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and exchanged gunfire with armed groups in the Kerdasah district on the outskirts of Cairo early on Thursday, state TV reported.
Iraq has put its security forces on high alert ahead of an expected Western strike on neighboring Syria.
At least 12 people were killed across Egypt on Friday, the health ministry said, in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Egyptian vice president, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, has announced his resignation in a letter to the interim president.
Economic activities in Bahrain have come to a standstill, as the peaceful movement of the Bahraini people in response to a call by the Tamarod movement has started, al-Alam reports.
Riot police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have fired tear gas and used water cannons at anti-government protesters gathering in the city’s iconic Taksim Square.
In Egypt, there are still clashes ongoing between opposition protesters and security forces.