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CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes to advance efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and strengthen ties with Egypt when he visits Cairo on Wednesday, his spokesman said ...
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas leaders held talks with Egyptian security officials on Sunday in a fresh push for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, two Hamas sources said, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Egypt ruled Gaza in the 1950s and ’60s until its forces were expelled by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967, one of several conflicts in which Cairo helped lead an anti-Israel military coalition.
Egypt and Qatar have acted as mediators between Israel and Hamas in months of talks that broke down in August without an agreement to end fighting that began when the Palestinian militant group ...
The 2014 Farafra ambush (also called 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack) occurred on 19 July 2014 when unidentified gunmen ambushed a desert checkpoint in the Farafra Oasis Road in Egypt's New Valley Governorate.
The Holy See received news of the attacks while Pope Francis was holding the Palm Sunday mass in front of thousands in St. Peter's Square. The Pope, who was due to visit Egypt on 28 April, offered his condolences to his "brother" Tawadros II and to "all of the dear Egyptian nation" during his speech, while praying for the dead and the wounded.
25 June – The IMF granted another US$5.2 billion loan to Egypt, bringing the total value of the loans at US$14.8 billion, in order to help the country's economy through the pandemic. [ 36 ] 26 June – The country lifted numerous COVID-19 restrictions, allowing for the reopening of cafes, clubs, gyms and theaters following over three months ...
Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt's president said on Sunday as Israeli military strikes ...