The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters postponed Sunday its ruling on a lawsuit designating Qatar and Turkey as states which “support terrorism” to 28 December.

Lawyer Samir Sabry filed the lawsuit against the two countries accusing them of involvement in terrorist attacks in Egypt.

Sabry claimed that Qatar supports many of the foreign elements carrying out terrorist attacks against security forces in Egypt’s North Sinai.

He also accused Qatar of responsibilty for one particular terrorist attack by Islamist militants against the Egyptian army in North Sinai in July 2015 which left 36 soldiers dead and 90 injured.

Sabry claimed “Turkey is a country that supports terrorism and provides a refuge to many members of the outlawed Muslim Bortherhood group.”  

An Alexandria court ruled 24 March that it has no jurisdiction to label Turkey a country that supports terrorism. 

Qatari-Egyptian relations soured after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in June 2013 and the government's crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood group following terrorist attacks by Islamist militants against security forces. 

Relations between Cairo and Ankara have also been strained since the 2013 ouster of Morsi with Turkey's President Erdogan emerging as one of the fiercest international critics of his removal.

Turkey and Qatar were main regional governments to back the Brotherhood after Morsi's removal, providing refuge to several of the group's fugitive members.

Qatar has deported a number of Brotherhood leaders late in 2014.