It follows a visit last month by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Turkey in a show of solidarity after the devastating earthquake that claimed tens of thousands of lives in Turkey and neighboring Syria. Relations ran into trouble after the 2013 ouster of Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an...
President of Egypt to arrive in Qatar in boost to relations
Signaling an improvement in their relations, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will arrive in Qatar for the first time since a four-year rift between the two countries. He will meet with the energy-rich Gulf state’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The emir paid a visit to Cairo in June...
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Sisi and his guests witnessed military maneuvers involving several vessels, attack helicopters and fighter jets State-run newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm reported that the new Egyptian base includes an airstrip and a 1,000-metre long pier Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea...
