Demonstrations took place in Egyptian cities demanding the departure of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in what he called "Friday of Salvation", while the authorities imposed a tight security cordon around Tahrir Square in central Cairo, and supporters of Sisi in the memorial area east of the capital.
Here are the highlights of the day:
- Google Maps shows the complete closure of the roads leading to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo.
- Subway Authority announces the closure of opera stations, Sadat, Nasser and Orabi downtown Cairo, for maintenance.
- Sources of the island: the closure of the evacuation bridges and the Nile Palace (central Cairo) completely to traffic.
- Egyptians flock after Friday prayers to a gathering in support of Sisi in the memorial area (east of Cairo).
- Egyptian businessman Mohamed Ali: Sisi is afraid of the people and the Egyptians will say their word.
Mohamed Ali: If the Egyptians demonstrated, the West would abandon Sisi.
- The director of the Washington Post office in Egypt on Twitter: I saw heavily armed hooded men in Cairo's Ramses Square.
- Director of the Washington Post office: intensive security measures in the vicinity of mosques and government departments in Cairo.
- Al-Jazeera sources: Security forces break up a demonstration demanding the departure of al-Sisi in the Saff center in Giza, and arresting protesters
- A demonstration in Al-Warraq area in Giza governorate calling for Sisi to leave.
- Demonstrations demanding the departure of Sisi in the governorates of Sohag, Qena and Luxor in southern Egypt.
- Sisi returns to Cairo after attending UN meetings in New York.
- Sisi tells a gathering of supporters who were greeted that the calls for demonstrations do not cause for concern.
- Sisi: When I ask the Egyptians will take millions in the street, as happened on the mandate of 2013.
- The Egyptian Football Federation announces postponing a match in the Premier League that was scheduled today for "security reasons".