Egypt’s Interior Ministry pardoned 4,011 prisoners on Saturday as part of a presidential decree in celebration of Sinai Liberation Day. The president typically issues a decree to pardon prisoners on public holidays or functions such as Sinai Liberation Day, Eid al-Fitr, the 23 July Revolution anniversary, and Eid al-Adha. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greeted the Egyptian people on the Sinai Liberation Day anniversary. The anniversary of the liberation takes place on April 25 of each year, when many Egyptians celebrate the day in 1982 when Egypt recovered Sinai. Israel withdrew its last soldier soldier from the city of Taba in 1988.

Source: Egypt Independent April 25, 2020 15:00 UTC