Mohannad Sabry is an Egyptian journalist and author who lived in Cairo until 2015. He currently lives in London where he pursues research on Egyptian political, security, and military affairs, and where he is studying in King’s College London’s Defense Studies Department.

For the first time since coming to power in 2014, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Doha earlier this month on an official visit, a capstone in a steadily building rapprochement between the two countries in the last year.

The UK’s Shadow Foreign Secretary has proposed that British citizens abroad receive a statutory right to Foreign Office consular assistance, reports The Guardian.

Egypt was the top importer of arms from France between 2012 and 2021, after its order of 30 Rafale fighter jets, according to an annual report by the French parliament published on Tuesday.

Egypt and Jordan warned Israel on Tuesday against escalating tensions at Jerusalem’s holiest site, accusing Israel of allowing “abuse” by Jewish visitors.

Twelve human rights organisations have signed a petition calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release detainees held for peacefully exercising their human rights ahead of COP27.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi called for advancing bilateral cooperation to wider horizons in the next period, especially in light of the distinct and historical relations between the two countries.

Egypt is seeking to establish on its western border an aerial buffer zone of at least 15km inside Libya to prevent the flow of weapons and to stop smuggling inside Egyptian territory, according to Arabi21.

Saudi authorities have arrested and handed several Egyptian dissidents over to Cairo, where they are facing trial for their political activism, one of their families told Middle East Eye.

The country’s economy has been very hard hit by cascading crises which have disrupted worldwide trade.