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France to try soldier accused of leaking military secrets: source following case

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A military engineer is to go on trial next year accused of leaking defence secrets to a journalist who wrote an article on France’s military cooperation with its ally Egypt, a source following the case said Thursday.

Investigative website Disclose published an article in 2021 in which it alleged that the Egyptian state used a French counter-intelligence operation in Egypt, codenamed “Sirli”, for a “campaign of arbitrary executions” against smugglers on the Libyan border.

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.

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