Turkey’s defense giants court Egypt at Alamein Airshow: What to know Three leading Turkish defense companies are participating in the El Alamein Airshow as Ankara seeks new sales and closer military-industrial cooperation with Egypt. Turkey
Newsletter: FutureVerse China holds its ground in Middle East AI race Last Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Egypt for the first time in a decade, with the trip coinciding with efforts by Beijing to expand its AI footprint in the country. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Egypt's Sisi hosts Greece, Cyprus leaders for energy talks: What to know The three-way summit in Cairo follows electricity and gas deals between the three countries as Egypt addresses its gas production struggles. Egypt
Newsletter: FutureVerse LEAP’s comeback The fifth edition of the gathering offers a temperature check for the Gulf’s AI ambitions amid fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Analysis How Ethiopia’s new dams test Egypt’s ability to defend its Nile red lines By Eli Siegel-Bernstein
Newsletter: Business & Tech Iran keeps Hormuz reopening on hold By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Can Lebanon make progress on oil, gas exploration efforts? A litany of more pressing crises has led to a delay in efforts to advance work on Lebanon's nascent oil and gas sector. Egypt
Egypt's next national security threat: All the single ladies? Egypt's parliamentary National Security Council has identified unmarried women as the country's next big threat. Egypt
How Turkey’s recent political shakeup will have wide-ranging impact The resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu could affect both the country’s economy and anti-IS efforts; new report scrutinizes US military aid to Egypt as human rights abuses persist; Al-Monitor’s reporter in the news. Egypt
What's next for Egypt's journalists? In an interview with Al-Monitor, Khaled El-Balshy, the head of the Freedom Committee of the Journalists' Syndicate, says that he believes the Egyptian security forces are facilitating the insults and abuses journalists have been subjected to. Egypt
Has IS reached the heart of Cairo? A May 8 attack that killed eight policemen in southern Cairo has sparked fears that the terror group has reached the city's capital, but questions remain about the culprits. Egypt
Is Egypt's former ruling party making a comeback? Following Egypt's January 25 Revolution, the ruling National Democratic Party was dissolved, yet prominent faces from the party are making a comeback in parliament. Egypt
What happened to billions in US military aid to Egypt? The Obama administration has provided Cairo with $6.5 billion in military aid since 2011 but can't account for all of it, according to a new government report. Egypt
Egypt human rights committee head: forced disappearance issue top priority In an interview, the head of Egyptian parliament's human rights committee, Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat, said his group will work to improve Egypt's human rights record. Egypt
How will Egypt police its police force? Police assaults on civilians have put the Interior Ministry in the hot seat as the public demands action to curb police violence. Egypt
Egypt’s glaring rights violations once again in global spotlight The Egyptian government is being condemned for its new, and renewed, human rights abuses. Egypt
Will Egypt's parliament pass Facebook law? Driven by some Egyptian officials’ calls for a law to regulate social media, the parliament’s Communication and Information Technology Committee has announced that it is working on legislation to this end. Egypt
High school cheating scandal extends through Jordan, Sudan, Egypt A group of Jordanian high school students were caught cheating during exams in Sudan, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Amman and Khartoum that pulled Egypt into the mess as well. Egypt
