Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

Egypt’s Sisi visits UAE amid Gulf tensions and regional challenges - analysis

Sisi’s visit to the UAE underscores Egypt’s role in Gulf diplomacy, regional security, and Gaza, amid Saudi-UAE tensions and shifting Middle East alliances.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt on August 25, 2025.
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 26, 2025.

Hamas economy expert: Lindsey Graham's warning exposes gap between Arab rhetoric and reality

Supporters of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) wave flags of the United Arab Emirates and of the STC, during a rally in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2025.

How the UAE built its sphere of influence across the region, including role in Yemen - explainer

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, stands next to his mother, Laila Soueif, and sister, Sanaa, at their home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025.

Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison


Netanyahu preparing for official visit to Egypt - report

In the future, a bilateral meeting is planned between the economic delegations of Israel and Egypt.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 26, 2018

Egyptian security forces arrest senior staff members of rights group

Man sets himself ablaze in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest corruption

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Grapevine, September 25, 2020: A thought for the aged

People who have survived into old age should not be ignored or discarded.

FROM LEFT: Arabian Gulf Investments chairman Khalifa Almeharbi, Moshe Indig, Khalifa Alhammadi Fathi bin Grira and Abdulla Al Rustumani.

Sisi to Netanyahu: I support UAE deal, refrain from West Bank annexation

Netanyahu’s office reported that the Prime Minister thanked Sisi for his help in promoting stability in the region, particularly in Gaza.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting ahead of the UN General Assembly last September (2017).

Turkey's growing aggression shows growing ambitions - analysis

Turkish ambitions sprawl across the Mediterranean, creating tensions with multiple countries on land, in air and at sea.

TURKEY’S SEISMIC research vessel ‘Oruc Reis’ is seen in Istanbul in August 2019. It recently left Greek waters where it had been sailing 200 km south of the island of Kastellorizo.

Egypt is trying to get US to prevent escalation in Libya

Turkey is involved in Libya since November 2019 when it signed an energy deal with the GNA. It then sent drones to Libya and sought to push back the LNA.

A member of Libya's internationally recognised government forces carries a weapon in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya October 14, 2019. Picture taken October 14, 2019.

Egypt's Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention

Sisi warned last week that Egypt would not stand idle if there was a threat to national security in Egypt and its western neighbor, Libya.

ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI

Libya: About the oil, gas, not just security

Experts say el-Sisi’s threat to send in the Egyptian army isn’t serious and security isn’t the only reason for the declaration.

Libya's internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Senior Turkish officials in Tripoli, Libya June 17, 2020.

Egypt has a legitimate right to intervene in Libya, Sisi says

"Be prepared to carry out any mission, here inside our borders - or if necessary, outside our borders," he told several air force pilots and special forces personnel at the base.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrives at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 25, 2018

Egypt presses on with new capital in the desert amid virus outbreak

Known as the New Administrative Capital, it is the biggest of a series of mega-projects championed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a source of growth and jobs.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the funeral of former president Hosni Mubarak