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The Suez Canal has played a major role in world affairs for many decades now. Ownership of the canal has been an important symbol of sovereignty for Egyptians since it was first nationalised by President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, while the …
“Normalization” is the buzzword around Turkey’s foreign policy this year and finally it seems that some results have been achieved. Turkish officials recently revealed that talks between Turkey and Egypt were underway regarding the restoration of ties and energy-related cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Last month, Egypt announced a new oil-and-gas exploration bid round in the Eastern Mediterranean. It notably took into consideration the coordinates of the continental shelf as declared by Ankara, according to the …
After years of disrupted ties, Turkey and Egypt have restarted diplomatic-level contacts, according to Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "We have contacts at both the level of intelligence and foreign ministries with …
Oil has climbed 75 per cent since the start of November as major economies vaccinate their populations and reopen after the pandemic shut down factories and grounded planes
Russia officially announced on Feb. 25 that Egypt had received five Sukhoi Su-35 advanced combat aircraft. The Russian Khabarovsk Krai region’s official media agency stated that the most important achievement of the military factory in the region was delivering the five Su-35 fighter jets to Egypt, out of the 24 jets that were agreed upon, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Al-Monitor informs
Egypt plans to purchase 10 mln doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia at the first stage, the Egyptian Drug Authority informed, cited by the Ad-Dustour news portal. It was reported earlier that Egypt had registered the Russian …
The Egyptian Drug Authority has registered the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, press service of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reports. "Egypt, the most populated country in the Middle East, with the population …
Direct flights from Russia to the Egyptian Red Sea resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada will resume in March after more than five years, the head of Egypt’s civil aviation authority said. Flights to the two popular tourist …
Saudi Arabia and its three Arab allies agreed to restore full ties with Doha at a summit in the kingdom on Tuesday, the Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud said. The minister told a news conference after the gathering of …
The S-400 Triumf surmounted a tortured development cycle to become one of the world’s leading missile defense systems and a pivotal Russian export product. The S-400 is an excellent system; it's not horrifically expensive, versatile in its deployment, and accurate enough to take down any NATO fighter, The National Interest writes in the article Why is Russia's S-400 Air Defense System So Dangerous?
A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement aimed at ending their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a senior Trump administration …
Gendarmerie forces in northwestern Turkey rounded up a group of eight asylum seekers on Thursday who were trying to make their way across the border to neighboring Bulgaria. The asylum seekers, all of whom were Egyptian nationals …
An annual Gulf Arab summit, usually held in December, will be hosted by Saudi Arabia on Jan. 5, Kuwait’s foreign minister said on Thursday in remarks published on the ministry website. Sources familiar with the matter had told …
Egypt’s foreign ministry urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to commit to the agreement to achieve peace and the aspired humanitarian objectives. In an official statement on Sunday, Egypt’s foreign ministry hailed the agreement, …
The first three-day official visit of Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to Egypt ended, where he met with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri and representatives of the local Armenian diaspora. Prior to this, the head of the …
Russian flagship air carrier Aeroflot will on Wednesday resume flights from Moscow to Cairo, interrupted this spring amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, TASS reports. The first Moscow-Cairo Aeroflot flight will depart at 20:40 …
Turkey has again extended its energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean through its ship the Oruc Reis, this time by 11 days, until September 12. Turkey Monday night issued a Navtex (navigational alert) announcing an …
Why Greek-Turkish rivalries have expanded
Cairo respected Ankara's national security concerns while preparing deal
