Saudi King Salman Invites Egypt’s Sisi to Visit

BY REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit his country, a public show of good relations following months of tension between the Arab world’s most populous state and its richest. Sisi welcomed the invitation and in turn invited Salman back, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. […]

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Amid Strained Relations with Egypt, Saudi Official Visited Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

By Middle East Observer, Media sources said that Ahmed Al-Khatib, the adviser of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has paid a visit to the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam within the framework of his current presence in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to find out the possibility of renewable energy generation. The Ethiopian source, that accompanied the […]

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia Standoff – Political Displacement and the New Axis of Resistance

By Catherine Shakdam | for RT.com, Just when you thought the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could not churn out any more crises… This time two giants are locking horns over conflicting geopolitical ambitions, or rather, Saudi Arabia might have overstepped one boundary too many against Egypt. With so many eyes locked in […]

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Saudi – Ethiopia Cooperation a Warning for Egypt?

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It seems the Saudi government tries to put pressure on Cairo by deepening its relation with Ethiopia. By AWD News, A warm welcome for the Ethiopian delegation in Riyadh raised the question of the possibility of increasing Saudi-Ethiopia cooperation and the use of the Nile water issue […]

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Allies No More? Saudi Suddenly Halts Egypt Fuel Shipments

By The Associated Press, Egypt says it has secured fuel imports to make up for a shortfall caused by Saudi Arabia’s abrupt decision to halt previously agreed shipments, avoiding a potentially politically costly fuel shortage and propelling the issue of oil onto the center stage of an escalating Saudi-Egypt spat. Saudi Arabia agreed in April […]

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Is Egypt-Sudan Border Dispute New Thorn in Renaissance Dam Negotiations?

By Walaa Hussein | for Al-Monitor, There are fears that the dispute over Halayeb and Shalateen, a small border region claimed by Cairo and Khartoum, will cast its shadow over Egyptian-Sudanese coordination on the negotiations over the Renaissance Dam between the two countries and Ethiopia. On April 18, state-owned channel Ethiopian TV interviewed Sudanese President […]

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Egypt’s President Defends Giving Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia

By Agencies, President El Sisi of Egypt on Wednesday defended his country’s declared intention to hand over control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, saying Cairo did not surrender its territory but “restored” the rights of the Saudis. The government maintains that the islands of Tiran and Sanafir at the mouth of the […]

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