Ahram Online On Thursday, Ethiopia outlined conditions for possible negotiations with rebels from the country’s war-hit Tigray region. The decision came after days of frantic diplomatic efforts by international envoys to stem in fighting. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has been locked in a year-long war with the Tigray People’s …
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Ahram Online “Yemen is facing an uphill battle for peace”, UN special envoy Hans Grundberg said in a visit to the city of Taiz on Monday. His remarks followed a report by the Saudi-led coalition announcing the death of a 115 Houthi rebels as a result of latest airstrike around …
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Ahram Online President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II voiced their full support for Iraqi anti-terrorism efforts, at a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. “Sisi and Prince Al-Hussein reiterated their condemnation of the recent assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and affirmed their support …
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Ahram Online The Arab League pressed on Monday for an easing of tension between Lebanon and Gulf Arab states. The rift grew following a Lebanese Minister’s comments on the Yemen war. “We do not want this situation to continue. We want a breakthrough, a détente in this relationship”, Arab League’s …
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Ahram Online Ethiopia’s Tigray forces and another eight armed opposition groups announced on Friday forming an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The alliance seeks political transition after a year of devastating war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The alliance includes the Tigray forces, the Oromo Liberation Army and seven other …
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Ahram Online Palestinian families in the tense neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, have rejected an Israeli offer to delay their eviction by Israeli settlers on Tuesday. The four families announced their decision in a statement on Tuesday, saying “it springs from our belief in the justice of …
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Egypt Today “Dozens of Israeli settlers, guarded by Israeli police, provoked worshippers by breaking into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque through Al-Maghariba gate, in the Western side of the mosque”, as reported by Youm7 citing local Palestinian media on Tuesday. Tensions caused by Israeli settlers have been rising in recent years. This …
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Ahram Online “Head of Sudanese military General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan fired at least six ambassadors, including the envoys to the US, the European Union and France”, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The diplomats had criticised the military’s takeover of the country and pledged their support for the now-deposed government of …
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Ahram Online “An Israeli committee approved the building of about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank”, said Hagit Ofran, a member of the anti-settlement group Peace Now, on Wednesday. The decision comes a day after the Biden administration issued its strongest condemnation yet of the proposed settlement …
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Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis, in Al-Ittihadiyah presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday. The pair conferred over economic ties, technical cooperation, counterterrorism, the Libyan crisis and the Palestinian cause. At a joint press conference following a private meeting, it was revealed they …
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