US: Critics urge Congress to block release of $320m in military aid to Egypt
US military financing for Egypt is set to reach $1.3bn in 2024, as Israel’s war on Gaza continues The Biden administration has decided to release $320m in military aid to Egypt – a package previously contingent on improving human rights…
Investment deals worth $200m signed during Sisi’s visit to Turkey
In addition to two industrial zones, deals in finance, energy, environment, urban planning, and health were inked A Turkish–Egyptian company signed two deals with the Egyptian government to invest $200m for the development of two industrial zones in the country during a…
US rebukes sceptics of ceasefire talks as diplomats meet in Egypt
White House says negotiations are progressing, but shifting positions from US and Israel have forced a Hamas boycott The Biden administration rebuked sceptics of its efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, saying a flurry of media leaks suggesting that negotiations had…
Egyptian ports become ‘key supply points’ for Israel during Gaza war
Report tracking movement of ships documents regular transportation of goods from Egyptian ports to Haifa and Ashdod after October 7 Egyptian seaports have turned into important stations for cargo and cement ships transporting goods to and from Israel during the Gaza war period,…
Algeria’s Tebboune says army ready to build hospitals in Gaza once Egypt border reopens
Algerian president vows to send troops to ‘help rebuild what the Zionists destroyed’ The Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared that the North African country’s military was ready to enter Gaza to build three hospitals within 20 days once the border with Egypt would reopen. …
Qatar, Egypt, US invite Israel and Hamas to resume Gaza ceasefire talks
The mediating nations urge Israel and Hamas to resume their negotiations amid fears of a wider conflagration in the region. Qatar, Egypt and the United States have called on Israel and Hamas to resume talks to reach a ceasefire in…
Egypt: Police arrest cartoonist and satirist Ashraf Omar in dawn raid
Omar had published several cartoons lampooning Egypt’s electricity crisis and economic policies Egyptian security forces have arrested Ashraf Omar, a cartoonist for the independent news outlet Al-Manassa, at his home in Cairo early on Monday. According to Omar’s wife, Nada Mougheeth,…
Badr Abdelatty: Why is Egypt’s new foreign minister controversial?
Government insiders and activists say Cairo’s appointment is detrimental to human rights and signals the ‘militarisation’ of the diplomatic service Badr Abdelatty, a career diplomat, has replaced Sameh Shoukry as Egypt‘s minister of foreign affairs after Shoukry held the post for 12…
Mohamed Abdel Latif: Egypt’s new education minister has a ‘fake’ PhD
Mohamed Abdel Latif says he holds a doctorate from Cardiff City University in the US, but online fact-checkers say it’s a scam Egypt’s new education minister, Mohamed Abdel Latif, has sparked controversy after online fact checkers revealed that his PhD, advertised…
Killed, disappeared, displaced: Egypt’s Sinai devastated by Sisi’s 10 years as president
President Sisi has declared his war on terror in northeast Egypt over. Survivors say a decade of conflict has shattered lives and homeland In January last year, the 12th anniversary of Egypt‘s 25 January revolution, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared the war-torn Sinai Peninsula…
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