The Interior Ministry and communications authorities decided Wednesday night to block 21 news outlets from being accessible in Egypt, according to several local media outlets. The blocked sites include Qatar-owned news channel Al-Jazeera, other Qatari oulets El-Sharq, Al-Rayah, El-Watan and Qatar’s official news agency, in addition to the US-based news website HuffPost Arabic. This extended to local news outlets like Cairo Portal, Al-Mesryoon and the Arabic and English editions of independent website Mada Masr. These websites that allegedly receive Brotherhood funding are Hasm, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Hamas Online, Ikhwan Online, Rassad, Horreya Post and Arabi 21. The Mada Masr website has been blocked since Tuesday evening.

Source: Egypt Independent May 25, 2017 11:48 UTC