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Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?
Middle East

Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?

Cairo wants to flex its diplomatic muscle but since it gets most of its energy from Israel and Qatar, it's also trying to survive a growing economic crisis

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Africa

Egypt planned to secretly arm Russia with rockets: Discord leaks

Sisi told his deputies to be discreet in order to ‘avoid problems with the West.’

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Middle East

Congress bucks Biden, blocks $75 million in military aid to Egypt

A leading Democratic senator rejected the notion that Cairo has made efforts to improve its human rights record in the past year.

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Africa

Nine years after Rabaa massacre, US still turns blind eye to Egyptian abuses

Washington continues to treat el-Sisi with kid gloves, supplying the despotic regime with aid, hurting its own credibility in the process.

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Middle East

Turkish-Egyptian reconciliation efforts echo a shifting regional order

The two countries might have a common interest in moving away from the foreign policies that their respective leaders have advanced.