An Egyptian source says Cairo has informed Israel that it is freezing its involvement in the indirect negotiations following the assassination of Hamas’ second-in-command, Saleh al-Arouri. A senior Hamas official said that Tuesday’s elimination of [ More … ]
Egypt did not see material change in Ethiopia’s stance on GERD during Cairo talks, says Egyptian Irrigation Ministry. According to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources on Monda, Egypt did [ More … ]
It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week. A few weeks [ More … ]
From Doha, Ethiopia confirmed that it will continue in its Renaissance Dam project. During a recent visit to Qatar, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn confirmed his county’s determination to complete the Renaissance Dam on schedule. However Egypt [ More … ]
Doha will not take part in any negotiations on ending the Gulf diplomatic crisis until the neighbouring states lift their blockade, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Monday. Qatar’s foreign minister called on neighbouring states to [ More … ]
Syria’s government and opposition figures were expected to respond Wednesday to a “surprise” UN proposal on mapping a way to a new constitution, the second day of renewed peace talks in Geneva. The sixth round [ More … ]
Over the past three days, the 14th round of meetings of the Tripartite National Committee on studying the Renaissance Dam effects on the Nile water share were held in Addis Ababa with a possible failure in negotiations [ More … ]
A new round of Syria peace talks opens on Tuesday, the latest United Nations push to resolve a six-year conflict that has killed more than 320,000 people. Five previous rounds of UN-backed negotiations have failed [ More … ]
The current deadlock in the formation of the Moroccan government received this morning another twist in the tail, adding up to the seemingly infinite negotiations between the PJD party and the RNI party, with this latter negotiating [ More … ]
Morocco’s appointed Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane has reportedly resumed his negotiations with Aziz Akhannouch, Secretary General of the National Rally of Independents Party (RNI), to form the government coalition. Akhannouch reportedly visited Benkirane at [ More … ]
A report published by New Arab newspaper stated that Senior Egyptian intelligence officials pressed Hamas to restart its negotiations with Israel for releasing four Israeli captives in Gaza. Last year, Hamas released a video through which [ More … ]
Paris Peace Conference was doomed from the beginning. Israel rejected the conference from the beginning and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even called the meeting as a “rigged conference,” the results of which his country [ More … ]
NAGEHAN ALÇI* An important phase of the Cyprus talks in Geneva has drawn to a close. The Cyprus question, which has come to epitomize the concept of intractability, has now provoked hopeful excitement for a [ More … ]
Egyptian state-owned media are keeping silent regarding the lives of more than 40 Egyptian citizens by Houthis in Yemen. None of the Egypt’s media touched the unknown fate of 49 Egyptians who have been kidnapped since last [ More … ]
– EU-Turkey relations tense Because of membership progress report The European Commission official website has published its annual report on Turkey, triggering anger among Turkish officials. The report said, “Turkey notified the Council of Europe of a derogation [ More … ]
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