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1st LD: Egypt court lists Hamas armed wing as terrorist group

Xinhua, January 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

An Egyptian court on Saturday banned the armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas al-Qassam Brigades and listed it as a terrorist organization.

"The court decided to ban the al-Qassam Brigades and to list it as a terrorist group," said a judiciary official of the Cairo Urgent Matters Court.

Since the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, Egyptian authorities has been working to fight against Islamist militants based in the restive Sinai Peninsula, some were claimed to colluded with the Hamas movement.

Hamas, an offshoot of Egypt's blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood, has been banned all the activities in Egypt last March. Endit