CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television station jailed in his country for nearly a year on charges of aiding a “terrorist organization”. The affair has contributed to tensions between Egypt and Qatar. The three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced in June to between seven and 10 years in jail on charges including spreading lies to help a “terrorist organization”, an allusion to the banned Muslim Brotherhood. “Let us say that this matter is being discussed to solve the issue,” Sisi said in an interview with France 24 when asked if he could pardon the journalists. —Reuters
