 "Al-Jazeera Egypt channel shuts down")
The Doha-based Al-Jazeera satellite station has shut down its Egypt channel, which has been at the centre of tensions between Egypt and Qatar.
The closure of Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr comes amid a Saudi-led effort to reconcile between Egypt and Qatar over the latter's support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt accuses Al-Jazeera of supporting the Brotherhood and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013.
The station denies any bias. The defendants in the case said they were pawns in the Egypt-Qatar fight.
Al-Jazeera said today that it will incorporate Mubasher Misr into a new region-wide station.
The closure of Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr comes amid a Saudi-led effort to reconcile between Egypt and Qatar over the latter's support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt accuses Al-Jazeera of supporting the Brotherhood and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013.
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Three journalists from Al-Jazeera's English channel were sentenced this summer to at least seven years in prison on charges of aiding the Brotherhood, which the government declared a terrorist organisation.
The station denies any bias. The defendants in the case said they were pawns in the Egypt-Qatar fight.
Al-Jazeera said today that it will incorporate Mubasher Misr into a new region-wide station.