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  • Blinken heads to Egypt on last leg of Middle East tour

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been touring the Middle East to try to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading to the wider region. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent has said four paramedics were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

  • Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Türkiye, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt

    Throughout his trip, the Secretary will underscore the importance of protecting civilian lives in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza; securing the release of all remaining hostages; our shared commitment to facilitating the increased, sustained delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza and the resumption of essential services; and ensuring that Palestinians are not forcibly displaced from Gaza.

  • 36th Saudi aid plane for Gazans arrives in Egypt

    Saudi Arabia’s 36th plane carrying aid for Palestinians in besieged Gaza arrived at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The delivery of the aid, which includes 24 tons of food, medical, and shelter supplies, is being coordinated by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief to help Palestinians affected by the conflict within the Gaza Strip.

  • Egypt, Saudi developer ACWA Power invest over $4 billion to develop green hydrogen project

    The project’s first phase will have a production capacity of 600,000 tons of green ammonia annually, Shaker revealed. The second phase will expand that number to two million tons per year, he added. For his part, Arcelli emphasized the project's significance, highlighting the role of green hydrogen as the fuel of the future, poised to experience tremendous demand in Europe and beyond.

  • Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

     The leader of Hamas made his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday, a rare personal intervention in diplomacy amid what a source described as intensive talks on a new ceasefire to let aid reach Gaza and get hostages freed.

    Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who normally resides in Qatar, typically intervenes in diplomacy publicly only when progress seems likely. He last travelled to Egypt in early November before the announcement of the only agreement on a ceasefire in the war so far, a week-long pause during which more than 100 hostages were released.

  • Saudi developer inks deal to develop $4bn green hydrogen-based ammonia plant in Egypt

    Saudi renewables developer ACWA Power has signed a framework agreement with the Egyptian government to develop a $4bn green ammonia facility in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.

  • Saudi Leadership Congratulates Sisi on Reelection as Egypt’s President

    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, sent cables of congratulations to Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his reelection as president. They also sent cables of congratulations to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tchiani, president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, on the occasion of their respective national days.

  • Gazans say hunger is growing, fuelling fears of exodus into Egypt

    Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified across Gaza on Monday, fuelling fears flagged by the United Nations at the weekend of a breakdown in public order and a mass exodus of Palestinians into Egypt.

    The narrow coastal strip has been under a full Israeli blockade since the start of the conflict more than two months ago and the border with Egypt is the only other way out.

    Most of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been driven from their homes and residents say it is impossible to find refuge in the densely populated enclave, with around 18,000 people already killed and conflict intensifying.

  • Cargo ship breaks down in Egypt’s Suez Canal and crashes into a bridge. Traffic is not disrupted

    A cargo ship broke down in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday and crashed into a bridge over the crucial waterway, authorities said, adding that the incident did not disrupt traffic through the canal. Adm. Ossama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said the Singapore-flagged One Orpheus went off course after its rudder broke down before ploughing into the Mansi Bridge, near the port city of Ismailia. The extent of the damage to both the ship and the bridge is unclear.

  • US aid chief arrives in Egypt with aid for Gaza, announces more aid for Palestinians

    U.S. aid chief Samantha Power arrived in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, where she announced more than $21 million in additional assistance for the Palestinian people affected by the conflict between Israel and Islamist group Hamas. The USAID administrator arrived in Al Arish with a delivery of 36,000 pounds of food assistance and medical supplies airlifted by the Department of Defense from Jordan and intended for Gaza, according to a statement.