Sinai Bedouins lift siege on peacekeeper camp

Dozens of Bedouin who had encircled a camp belonging to a multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula lifted their siege on Friday following negotiations with the Egyptian army, security and Bedouin sources said.

The armed Bedouin had surrounded the camp belonging to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) mission for eight days in a bid to pressure the Egyptian authorities to release tribesmen from jail. (Reuters)