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Egyptian President Sisi issues orders to study a possible pardon for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The high-profile Abd el-Fattah, 43, spent most of the past decade in prison, and had been on a hunger strike since March 1.

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.
 Attendees from the meeting in Riyadh included representatives from Egypt,  Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

Egypt's Sisi leaves Riyadh after meeting about Gaza conflict

Israeli and Palestinian flags on a geopolitical map (illustrative)

Arab world could contribute $20 billion for alternative Gaza plan, sources say

 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects Egyptian military units in Suez, in 2023.

Israel-Egypt relations: A fragile peace under growing tension – opinion


Sisi-Bennett meeting is all about the timing - analysis

The summit between PM Naftali Bennett and President al-Sisi was the first such meeting between Egypt’s and Israel’s top leaders since 2011.

 The Egypt-Israel meeting, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on September 13, 2021.

Bennett and Sisi talk Hamas, Iranian threats in rare meeting

Bennett's was the first Israeli prime ministerial visit to Egypt in a decade.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on September 13, 2021.

Egypt's Sisi offers support as Lebanon's Hariri visits Cairo

In Egypt, Sisi welcomed Hariri, "reaffirming Egypt's full support for Hariri's political path which aims at restoring stability to Lebanon."

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri is greeted by Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab at the governemt palace in Beirut, Lebanon, December 11, 2020.

Suez Canal ship still stuck, tugs and dredgers still struggling to free it

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered preparations for the possible removal of some of the ship's cargo to help refloat it, SCA Chairman Osama Rabie told Egypt's Extra News.

Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 26, 2021.

Egypt keen on upping regional diplomacy

Last year, the foreign ministers of the three countries came together for discussions reportedly held in Baghdad, Amman and Cairo in March, August and November, respectively.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (L), UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (C-L), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (C-R), and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa meet to discuss the diplomatic situation with Qatar, in Cairo, Egypt, July 5, 2017.

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

Haftar Supporters Want Egypt to Intervene in Libya

Experts say it’s a difficult call, as Cairo has plenty of problems elsewhere

EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

Filmmaker Who Directed Video Mocking Egypt’s President Dies in Jail

Regime accused of arresting anyone critical of head of state; NGOs claim there are 65,000 political prisoners

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

Behind the Lines: Generals vs Islamists in Libya

Regional rivals clash via proxies in Tripoli fight.

LIBYAN GOVERNMENT forces take position during fighting in Ain Zara, in Tripoli, earlier this week

Majority of Egyptians vote to keep Sisi in power until 2030

The amendments, which were approved by Egypt's parliament last week, will extend Sisi's current term to six years from four and allow him to run again for a third six-year term in 2024.

A man walks in front of a banner reading, "Yes to the constitutional amendments, for a better future", with a photo of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before the approaching referendum on constitutional amendments in Cairo, Egypt April 16, 2019.