US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday at the start of a regional tour to push for a much awaited Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
In closed-door talks also attended by Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas
Kamel, Sisi and Blinken discussed "joint efforts to reach a ceasefire and
hostage-prisoner exchange" deal, according to a statement from the presidency.
Egypt, the first Arab state to recognize Israel and sign a peace treaty
with it in 1979, has along with the US and Qatar been engaged in mediation
efforts between Hamas and Israel that have repeatedly floundered.
Tunisia is distancing itself from Algeria's controversial "new Maghreb bloc" project, which aims to create an
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accused of leading a crackdown on dissent since mass protests erupted in 2019, will face two
According to a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of talks between US President Joe Biden and Israeli
Egypt has announced a 15-percent increase in petrol prices, which will come into effect on Friday, as part of a
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