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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt visits army positions at the Suez Canal during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Getty

Declassified files on Arab-Israeli War reveal Egypt knew of army battalion gap

Earlier this month Egypt released its archives. Israel released its own last year, making Syria the only remaining participant of the October 1973 war to not declassify.

Sami Moubayed 24 February 2024
Egyptian troops pose atop a bunker on which they just planted their flag on the Israeli Bar Lev line east of the Suez Canal, Egypt, on Oct. 13, 1973. AP

Egypt declassifies October war files as tension with Israel intensifies

The files offer a rare insight into Egypt's planning for its 1973 war on Israel and subsequent liberation of Sinai, demonstrating its ability to defend its territories

Amr Emam 23 February 2024
A Palestinian child gestures as people bury their dead who were killed during overnight Israeli strikes at a cemetery in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 21, 2024. AFP

An Israeli assault on Rafah could send the region spiralling. A deal might save it.

An operation during Ramadan would likely reignite tensions. While neither the US nor Iran truly want a direct confrontation, they may still get one.

Michael Horowitz 22 February 2024
Aid trucks are lined up next to a large cement fence near the border with Gaza, which Egypt says will be a 'logistics zone' to receive aid for Gaza. Reuters

Egypt logistics zone to ease aid delivery to Gaza

The new zone aims to reduce the burden on aid truck drivers who wait for days on end for Israeli permission to enter Gaza

Amr Emam 21 February 2024
Israel's war on Gaza will either send the region spiralling into an intractable war or can be a turning point for a better future for all. Saudi Arabia can play a key role in achieving the latter. Sara Gironi Carnevale

The Middle East stands at a crossroads between two futures

Israel's war on Gaza will either send the region spiralling into an intractable war or can be a turning point for a better future for all. Saudi Arabia can play a key role in achieving the latter.

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 February 2024
Israeli army soldiers on the ground in the Gaza Strip Israeli Army/AFP

Exclusive: Israel plans to re-open Karni crossing into Gaza amid growing concerns for Palestinians in Rafah

Growing concerns about the pending Rafah offensive and the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip

Ahmed Maher 15 February 2024

Will a Gaza ceasefire come too late?

Fares Garabet 15 February 2024
Biden and Netanyahu meet in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. Reuters

Israel’s war on Gaza has shifted US policy on a Palestinian state

Biden's backing for unilateral moves to a two-state solution could set up a pivotal geopolitical moment from the rubble of Gaza. But it will take time and depends on who wins the US election.

Aqeel Abbas 13 February 2024
Israel’s ‘non-state actors’: How Jewish militias opposed to a Palestinian state regularly employ violence and intimidation tactics to achieve their goals Eiko Ojala

Extremist Jewish militias and their links to the Israeli state

Israel's 'non-state actors': How Jewish militias opposed to a Palestinian state regularly employ violence and intimidation tactics to achieve their goals

Sherine Younes 12 February 2024
Displaced Palestinian children play near the Palestinian-Egyptian border in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip, January 29. EPA

Egypt and Israel locked in a battle of wills over Gaza border control

The outcome of this battle could define the future relationship between the two countries, which have had a peace treaty in place since 1979.

Amr Emam 09 February 2024
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