Arab foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cairo seeking to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. Attendees included officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, and the Palestine Authority. Blinken’s discussions with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emphasized cease-fire negotiations. Blinken ...
CAIRO (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a historic official visit. Erdogan was welcomed at Cairo International Airport by his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Egypt Salih Mutlu Sen. This is the Turkish president’s first visit to Egypt since 2012. Accompany...
CAIRO, Egypt (AA) – Egypt on Tuesday launched the construction of the fourth and final reactor in the country’s first nuclear power plant. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin virtually attended the launching ceremony of the new reactor in the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (DNPP), the state-run A...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – An Arab summit in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba on Wednesday warned against Israel’s reoccupation of parts of the Gaza Strip. The summit brought together Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The three leaders called “for pushing to halt the Israeli aggress...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Arab leaders and Iran’s president meeting Saturday in the Saudi capital roundly condemned Israel’s actions in its war against Palestine. Host Saudi Arabia “confirms that it holds the occupation (Israeli) authorities responsible for the crimes committed against the Palestinian people,” Cr...
Cairo, Egypt – – AFP The sight of tent cities for Palestinians displaced within war-torn Gaza evokes dark historical memories for Israel’s Arab neighbours, especially Egypt and Jordan. “That’s how the Nakba started,” says the Gaza-based rights group Al Mezan, reflecting regional suspicions that Israel is pla...
Palestinian Territories-AFP US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter war-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of tru...
AFP President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday Egypt did not close the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, which is the only one not under Israel’s control. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he added, “the repeated bombings by Israel of the Palestinian side of the crossing have prevented operations.” Sisi al...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has agreed to postpone a meeting with Arab leaders that was to take place amid soaring casualties in the besieged Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday. “After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President (Mahmoud) Abbas […]
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that Gazans must “stay steadfast and remain on their land”, amid calls for Cairo to allow safe passage for civilians stuck in Gaza. The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is the only passage in and out of the coastal enclave not controlled...
