AL JAZEERA English journalists were left in limbo yesterday when Egyptian Judge Essam Aboul Ella announced that the verdict in their retrial had been postponed once again.

The case against Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed tangled their journalism in the wider conflict between Egypt and Qatar following the 2013 military ousting of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The three were originally jailed in July 2014 but freed in February pending a retrial.

Mr Greste was deported back to Australia while the other two remain on bail.

“It’s more suffering for us, more waiting. The ordeal continues and I have no idea what’s going on,” said Mr Mohammed.

Al Jazeera English acting managing director Giles Trendle said that the court “has been almost Kafka-esque in some of the ludicrous, groundless charges, in some of the strange decisions — even in the delays that you’re seeing.”

The case began in December 2013 when security forces raided the hotel suite used by Jazeera to report from Egypt, arresting the three men and later charging them with being part of the ousted prime minister’s Muslim Brotherhood organisation.