据悉,这艘名为Lutfullah II号的船只是从利比亚出发的,在埃及的亚历山大港停留,然后向黎巴嫩北部的的黎波里海港驶去,但被黎巴嫩海军截获并改变方向,黎巴嫩海军发现并缴获了三个装满武器和弹药的集装箱。据悉,这批货物是给得到利比亚新政权强烈支持的叙利亚叛军运送的。黎巴嫩北部的的黎波里是叙利亚反对派支持者的大本营,大马士革当局一直抱怨本国的武器就是从那里走私来的。
Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Egypt and closed all its missions there after angry protests about the arrest of an Egyptian human rights lawyer by the Saudi authorities. The Saudis say the lawyer, Ahmed al-Gizawi, had been trying to smuggle in illegal substances, but activists believe the arrest is linked to a complaint he had filed against the treatment of Egyptian prisoners in Saudi Arabia.
由于沙特当局逮捕了一名埃及人权律师,引起愤怒民众的抗议,因此,沙特阿拉伯撤回驻埃及大使,并停止所有使团活动。沙特称这位名叫Ahmed al-Gizawi的律师试图走私非法药物,但活动人士称Ahmed被捕是因为他曾起诉过在沙特的埃及犯人所受待遇问题。
The former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has announced the creation of a new political party in Egypt. Mr ElBaradei told a packed news conference in Cairo that the new movement, called the Constitution Party, would promote the goals of the revolution that overthrew the former President Hosni Mubarak.