In the space of just one week, two significant regional security arrangements emerged, reflecting the growing discussion among the Middle East countries about how to respond to the security challenges facing the region.
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Some 15 years after the fall of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the search for a political solution to the division of the country continues, writes Samar Al-Gamal in Benghazi
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As much of the opening day of Libya’s International Conference on Justice and Reform, the discussion revolved around legislation, judicial cooperation and modernization.
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As Libya’s rival administrations remain locked in political deadlock, an international conference on justice and judicial reform opened on Thursday in Benghazi, putting eastern Libya’s institutions and their role in the country’s post-war into the spotlight.
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For decades, the US-Israel alliance has been seen through the prism of a "special relationship." Yet the contempt now on display between the two allies—Donald Trump and JD Vance's blunt warnings to Tel Aviv after the Iran agreement—suggests that a metaphor from the therapist's office may be more useful than the language of geopolitics.
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Egypt will host a new round of the quadrilateral meeting on Sunday, bringing together Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, in the first gathering of the four-country mechanism since the conclusion of the US-Iran agreement.
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For only the second time, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi joins the G7 summit of the world's wealthiest democracies. The timing and what he intends to do with it say everything about where Egypt now stands.
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A series of recent high-level meetings between the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan is gathering momentum as the four regional powers explore a more coordinated approach to security, driven by the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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Egypt is intensifying coordinated efforts with regional powers to prevent the Middle East from slipping into “a point of no return,” foreign ministry spokesperson Tamim Khallaf said in an interview with Ahram Online, saying that Cairo is engaging with partners on the contours of a post-war regional security framework.
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Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tamim Khallaf outlines Egypt’s strategy of de-escalation, regional coordination, and a cautious eye on what may come after the guns fall silent in the Iran war to Samar Al-Gamal
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A responsible Egyptian source on Tuesday categorically denied reports claiming Cairo was prepared to grant Ethiopia maritime access to the Red Sea in exchange for flexibility in Addis Ababa’s position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Iran’s diplomatic mission marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution with an appeal for deeper cooperation with Egypt, framing it as both a strategic imperative and a stabilizing force amid regional turbulence.
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Iran and the United States will meet in a face-to-face meeting in Oman on Friday, shifting the venue from Ankara, amid tensions over scope of the agenda and mutual distrust.
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Against a backdrop of mounting tensions between Iran and the United States, Egypt is stepping up its efforts to cling to the last thread of diplomacy and avoid the irreversible. But the thread is thin.
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Speaking on the sidelines of the Russia–Africa summit held in Cairo, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Cairo’s position on supporting the Sudanese government and the territorial integrity of the brotherly country is constant.
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Transferred through Rafah and accommodated in a hotel in Cairo, four Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli jails shared their testimonies with Al-Ahram, testimonies that capture the joy of a first breath in freedom, the entanglement of confusion and loss, and the reality of liberation.
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As hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to the ruins of their homes, UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini urges in an Interview with Ahram Online the world to flood Gaza with food before winter exacerbates the catastrophe.
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Washington has announced the launch of the second phase of Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, shifting from ceasefire management, which US officials say concluded without violations, to what they call a “stabilization and recovery” stage.
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Chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Judge Navi Pillay, has spent the past two years documenting a genocide unfolding in real time in Gaza. In this interview with Ahram Online, the former president of the Rwanda Tribunal and judge at the International Court of Justice exposes the deliberate, organized crimes of Israeli forces.
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When French President Emmanuel Macron took the podium on Monday at the Two-State solution conference at the UNGA to announce that France would recognise the State of Palestine, he delivered it with the solemnity of a prophet unveiling divine truth.
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