Egypt hosted its first ever regional gas forum on Monday, with several regional delegations attending alongside the Israeli energy minister, the first such visit by an Israeli Cabinet member since its 2011 Arab Spring uprising. [ More … ]
BY: Cahit Tuz* Obama’s presidential election was welcomed in Turkey as well as in many Islamic countries. This positive welcome is not just about his second name being Hussein. The emphasis of withdrawal of US [ More … ]
The Egyptian Saudi relations took another body blow on January 16 when Egypt’s High Administrative Court rejected the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. Many observers believe that the two Red Sea islands’ [ More … ]
BY: SAADET ORUÇ* Turkey is not the same Turkey it was in past years and its president, with the people’s support, is fully aware of the ongoing global scenarios within its borders The recent visit paid [ More … ]
Domestic political and economic problems have constrained Egypt’s influence over other Arab states After long being the center of the Arab cultural and political world, Egypt’s power and influence has declined in recent decades. Since the [ More … ]
Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi has sent a delegation led by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Israel to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push the negotiation process with the Palestinians. Netanyahu told his ministers [ More … ]
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