Egypt, Turkey push energy ties in Azerbaijan talks amid Hormuz crisis Egypt and Turkey are moving to deepen energy cooperation as Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz disrupts Gulf energy flows, increasing the significance of Eastern Mediterranean energy infrastructure. Turkey
Newsletter: Daily Briefing Iran attack on Kuwait airport kills one, halts flights Iran’s attacks reach Kuwait, a US veto rattles Netanyahu and Egypt signals its unease with Syria’s new leadership. By Ezgi Akin In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO
Egypt rejects Syrian ambassador as ties strain under Sharaa Mohammed Taha al-Ahmed previously served in the Syrian Salvation Government led by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, while Egypt is one of the strongest opponents of Islamism in the region. Syria
Explainer UAE nuclear plant strike clouds Gulf's atomic ambitions: What to know The US-Israel-Iran war is complicating momentum in the Middle East for civilian nuclear power, which heading into 2026 had been growing in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and elsewhere. United Arab Emirates
Analysis Pushed out of Sahel, Macron turns to Egypt and Africa's anglophone countries By Rina Bassist , Rosaleen Carroll
Analysis MENA wheat importers face food security risks as Hormuz crisis festers By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Prospects for Egyptian-Jordanian cooperation remain hazy Since the ouster of Mohammed Morsi, economic ties have strengthened. Egypt
Egypt 'tourism rebound' slow to reach South Sinai Egypt’s tourism sector has been slowly growing as people do not differentiate between South Sinai and North Sinai, where the fighting is ongoing between the Egyptian army and the Islamic State. Egypt
Ahmed Shafiq’s return flusters Egyptian judiciary Accusations of election fraud in 2012 leveled by the former minister of civil aviation and the last prime minister under Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, return to haunt Egypt’s courts as Shafiq’s possible return to politics starts to materialize. Egypt
Egyptian lawyer interrogated for drafting anti-torture law Negad El Borai might face jail time for drafting a law that counters police abuse and torture, which shows the restriction of freedoms in Egypt. Egypt
Is Egypt's Brotherhood choosing escalation over peace? The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt today seems weaker and more poised to resort to violence. Egypt
Egypt demolishes Mubarak’s party headquarters The Egyptian government ordered the demolition of the National Democratic Party’s headquarters in the center of Cairo, despite criticism as the building is considered part of Egypt’s architectural history. Egypt
Egypt’s Copts dig heels in over right to remarry Christian Copts are protesting, calling for their religious right to remarry and the necessity to expand the spectrum of the grounds for divorce that they believe the church should recognize. Egypt
Street vendors expelled from downtown Cairo Authorities in Egypt are clamping down on street vendors, imposing fines and expelling them to spaces outside the main commercial areas in cities. Egypt
Former Iran ambassador: Saudis must accept Houthis In an interview with Al-Monitor, Seyed Ali Asghar Ghoreishi, former Iranian ambassador to Yemen, discussed the nature of Iran's support for the Houthis, elements necessary to end the fighting in Yemen and the possibility of extremist groups seizing large sections of territory in Yemen. Legacy: Gulf
Egyptian prisoner renounces his nationality to escape sentence Prisoner Mohammed Sultan renounced his Egyptian nationality to escape a jail sentence, which stirred many questions about the law on the extradition of prisoners. Egypt
Al-Azhar controversy leads to curriculum updates Al-Azhar curricula is being updated following accusations of extremism, which has caused controversy among religious thinkers and authorities. Egypt
Egypt government to require use of fuel subsidy cards The Egyptian government, in an effort to eventually reduce fuel subsidies, plans to start requiring the use of fuel subsidy cards to keep track of the fuel consumed by each vehicle. Egypt
