CAIRO/ANKARA (AA) – Egypt wants Palestinians to remain in Gaza during the reconstruction of the enclave. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated this during a phone call with his Portuguese counterpart, Paulo Rangel. Abdelatty acknowledged Portugal’s support for Egypt and expressed hope for continued backing for a strategic partnership between ...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt has called on the European Union to provide humanitarian relief assistance and launch early recovery projects in Gaza after a cease-fire agreement that suspended Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Sunday evening in Brussels with President of the European Council A...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Several Arab countries have condemned the car-ramming attack that killed and injured dozens in New Orleans on Wednesday. A white F-150 pickup truck plowed through the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 30 others. The FBI identified the attacker as Shamsud-Din [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Indonesia has deployed the second batch of its military health personnel to Egypt to treat Palestinians from Gaza, state-run media reported on Tuesday. A group of 25 Indonesian military health personnel departed on a humanitarian mission to treat Gazans on a UAE-owned hospital ship at El Arish Port, Egypt, according to Anta...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt says it has conveyed to the US its rejection of Israel’s seizure of the buffer zone in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received a phone call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken during which they agreed on the importance of adopting “an inclusive political processR...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Syria with his counterparts from Jordan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Egypt, the State Department said Tuesday. Blinken spoke with Ayman Safadi from Jordan, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani from Qatar and Badr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt has proposed a cessation of fighting in Gaza for 45 to 60 days and opening the Rafah border crossing, Israeli media reported. The proposal also includes a gradual release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and an increase in the number of aid trucks into Gaza to some [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House said Monday that it is in “active conversations” with Türkiye, Qatar and Egypt to broker a cease-fire to end Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. “Without doubt, 100% of our energy and effort is being put to try to get this, and really the main stumbling block continues [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has presented a cease-fire proposal that does not include the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Gaza, the local media has reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said the proposal includes a temporary cease-fire in exchange for releasing several Israeli captives in Gaza. KAN added that Israe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for regional de-escalation during a meeting in Cairo with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. A statement by the Egyptian Presidency said that the meeting dwelt on current developments in the Middle East region. Sisi reiterated Egypt’s position to avoid expanding the confl...
