Police in Egypt fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo on a day when some protestors angered by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia the streets. Traffic was brought to a stand still as protesters and police played cat and mouse in the heart of the capital. The protests started off peaceful on Friday morning with people carrying placards. At least 50 protesters were arrested after the protests turned chaotic. The protestors are angered by a government announcement that it signed over the uninhabited Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia during a State visit by the Saudi Monarch last week. Saudi and Egyptian officials say the islands belong to the kingdom and were only under Egyptian control because Saudi Arabia had asked Cairo in 1950 to protect them.
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