The Guardian | Egypt's decision to side with Israel has cost Gaza dear The Guardian Last week a convoy carrying medical supplies to Gaza from Egypt was turned back by Egyptian soldiers over 100km from the border. The convoy's organisers knew they risked being stopped – but that was part of the point. “It was expected,” said Salma Said ... Egypt and Palestine: Who is defending who? Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent With Egypt's help, Gaza can become an economic oasis |
Ahram Online | The Egyptian-Ethiopian divide Al-Arabiya We have settled with confirming on what's non-negotiable - that would be Egypt's right to get its share and the amount of water it needs from the Nile River. We have for long insisted on this and neglected to see other Nile Basin countries' opposing ... Egypt-Ethiopia relations cannot be reduced to dam issue: Egypt's FM tells ... Ethiopia, Egypt to resume Nile dam talks on Aug. 26 |
The Daily Star | Iran says Egypt dragging its feet on allowing aid to Gaza The Daily Star "For the past days we have provided the Egyptian foreign ministry and their interest section in Tehran with information on shipment of humanitarian goods and the list of 57 severely wounded Palestinian women and children we have offered to bring here ... Sisi's hard line on Gaza not popular with Egyptian activists Egypt not cooperating on aid delivery to Gaza: Iran MP 7 injured Palestinians allowed to enter Egypt |
BBC News | Will Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood return to political violence? BBC News Like most social movements that survived adverse conditions for decades, there are a few constants about the Muslim Brotherhood. One of them is change. Between 1928 and 2014, the organisation has transformed multiple times -updating its world view, ... Egyptian Media: 3 Militants Die in Car Explosion Deaths reported in Egypt bomb blast Three killed in car bomb in Cairo: Egyptian state-run TV |
Concern that Egypt's 'war on subsidies' could turn into a war on the poor Irish Times Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (right) making a donation to a fund to support the Egyptian economy at a bank in Cairo earlier this month. Sisi had just announced cuts to subsidies in an attempt to improve the economy. Photograph: Egyptian ... Sisi, Abbas Discuss Gaza War The Sisi his allies can't see |
Daily Mail | No, it's not Russia: Egypt comes top of Middle East-heavy list of countries ... Daily Mail America's position as the world's leading power inevitably makes it a love-it-or-hate-it nation. Such is the complexity of global politics and conflict, its reputation is constantly in flux - whether its providing humanitarian aid with one hand or ... |
New York Times (blog) | Justice Department Ceases Effort to Return Ancient Mask to Egypt New York Times (blog) It looks like the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer is staying at the St. Louis Art Museum. After a series of setbacks in court, the Department of Justice has decided to drop its legal effort to try to reclaim the 3,200 year-old Egyptian funerary mask for Egypt. Feds end effort to reclaim mummy mask for Egypt |
NBCNews.com | No Gaza cease-fire: Dramatic shift in Egypt deprived Kerry of vital tool Anchorage Daily News Indeed, President Obama dispatched former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Egypt in 2012 – as hostilities between Israel and Hamas flared but before Israel launched a ground incursion – knowing that his envoy was meeting with an interlocutor who ... How to Think About the New Middle East |
Asharq Alawsat English | Egypt demands unified Palestinian position on ceasefire: official Asharq Alawsat English Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian government has called on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas to unify their stance on the Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire initiative to end the fighting in Gaza ahead of a forthcoming meeting in Cairo. A senior ... |
Ahram Online | Egypt's defence minister consoles families of slain soldiers Ahram Online Egypt's Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi met on Wednesday with families of army personnel who have lost their lives in recent militant attacks, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Present at the meeting were the families of 22 soldiers and officers who were ... |