Complex negotiations involving several players are proceeding on two separate but related tracks.
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Egypt Replaces Its Powerful Spy Chief
Gen. Abbas Kamel, a longtime confidant of Egypt’s president, oversaw the country’s most important international relationships and helped maintain the president’s authoritarian grip.
Citing Gaza Help, Blinken Waives Human Rights Conditions on Aid to Egypt
Cairo will receive its full military aid allotment of $1.3 billion after the secretary of state also said it had made progress on releasing political prisoners and protecting Americans.
What It’s Like in Egypt as Energy Crisis Prompts Early Shop Closures
It’s so hot in Cairo that people like to go out all night. It might look like a party, but in reality, one shopkeeper said, “everybody is dead on the inside.”
Blinken Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire With Visits to Egypt and Qatar
After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was pressing Hamas’s leadership through intermediaries to continue talks on the deal.
Biden and Leaders of Qatar and Egypt Plan ‘Final’ Cease-Fire Proposal
The leaders said “the time has come” to conclude a deal between Israel and Hamas, insisting that the negotiators meet in Cairo or Doha next Thursday.
Heat Waves Are Pounding Egypt, and Often There’s No A.C.
Daily power cuts have been plaguing Egypt during an extraordinarily hot summer. Now the blackouts may be temporarily suspended, but the damage to confidence in the government has already been done.
Heat Waves Are Pounding Egypt, and Often There’s No A.C.
Daily power cuts have been plaguing Egypt during an extraordinarily hot summer. Now the blackouts may be temporarily suspended, but the damage to confidence in the government has already been done.
Who Is Ibrahim al-Organi, Accused of Charging Palestinians to Escape Gaza?
Ibrahim al-Organi has close connections with the Egyptian government, diplomats say, and he has multiple business interests in Gaza.
Israel’s Seizure of Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings and took control of the Philadelphi Corridor, but the reaction from Egypt, which wants to maintain its security cooperation with Israel, has been muted.