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President Sisi of Egypt met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo to discuss the situation in Palestinian territories and Egypt’s actions along the border which has restricted crossing and smugglings to Gaza. After their meeting, a statement read by Sisi’s Read more
Cairo and Paris are expected to ink mega military and economic deals on Saturday during the two-day visit French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, is paying this weekend to Egypt at the head of a high level ministerial delegation. The French Read more
Egypt started filling the trenches that it dug along its border with the Gaza Strip with seawater last week and Hamas is urging Cairo to suspend its actions because of the dangers it poses. Egypt started digging the trenches last Read more
The 144th session of the Arab Foreign Ministers’ Council began in Cairo on Sunday at the Arab League headquarters under the new chairmanship of the UAE, represented by foreign minister Dr. Anwar Gargash, after taking over the presidency from Jordan. Read more
Four Hamas officials have been abducted by armed men wearing “Pakistani-type” clothes in an area close to the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, Egyptian officials said on Friday although the incident has reportedly taken place on Wednesday night. The Hamas Read more
The Egyptian government has stiffened its crackdown on members of the Muslim Brotherhood over the past week and the Interior ministry stated that it had arrested 167 members of the organization during the week before new arrests under allegations of Read more
Foreign Ministers of Arab League member countries, supported by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Wednesday in Cairo to draft a UN resolution calling the UN Security Council to protect Palestinians against Israeli settlers and terrorism. The Foreign Ministers Read more
Around 3,000 troops from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Yemen with hundreds of vehicles like main battle tanks, APCs, AFVs and self-propelled artillery on board ships adorned with UAE flags at the port of Yemen over the weekend. Their arrival could Read more
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry was in Egypt over the weekend leading his country’s delegation to the Egypt-U.S. Strategic Dialogue. Kerry’s visit is seen as a revival of the ties between Washington and Cairo after the Obama administration toughened Read more
Secret talks are reportedly being held in Cairo between representatives of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and diplomats from the United States, Britain and the United Arab Emirates. The objective of the talks is to end the war in Yemen Read more