Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land. Dating back to the ...

FILE PHOTO - A general view of the Saint Catherine's monastery (far left) with its living and tourist facility in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt May 18, 2005. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby/File Photo By Ali ...

Egypt’s plans to expand tourism around the 6th-century St Catherine’s Monastery near Mount Sinai could compromise its peace and solitude.

Ladan Cher visits St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai and talks about the monks’ manuscript preservation efforts: Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St.

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – The foreign ministry’s official spokesperson Thursday stressed that rumors about seizing St. Catherine’s Monastery and its affiliated land are completely unfounded. The ...

Bulletin: ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values over 100. * WHERE...Columbia, Juniata, Mifflin, Montour ...

(CAIRO) — Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just ...

Dating back to the sixth century BC, St Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery - Copyright AFP/File Sally KANDIL Dating back to ...