On June 21, 2016, a lower level administrative court in Egypt ruled that the government lacked the authority to transfer sovereignty over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Click here for the text of that judgment order, in Arabic. Read on for an overview of the issues and rulings in English.
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