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Ahmed Abbas is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. He previously worked as Egypt based reporter for Correspondents.org, and interned as a broadcast journalist at Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Abbas is a fellow of Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change. He holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and New Media from Jordan Media Institute. He was awarded by the ICFJ for best public service reporting in 2013, and by the German foreign office for best feature in 2014.
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We have reached the final stage of negotiations, says Bogdanov
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Two suicide bombers, brothers Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, have been named by the police as suspects
Shoukry urges Libyan parliament to authenticate newly formed government
The Egyptian foreign affairs minister said Egypt has supported the Libyan parliament as the only legitimate body in Egypt’s neighbouring country
‘Islamic State’ claims responsibility for Brussels attacks
US president calls for solidarity with Belgium after the attacks
Al-Sisi places emphasis on bridging gap between theorisation and reality
Prominent writers discussed engaging the private sector, political parties, and NGOs in various development efforts
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Belgium, French, and Italian governments raised terror threat level to high, deployed security forces in the streets.
Russian army requests meeting with US to agree on monitoring Syria ceasefire
Ongoing peace talks in Geneva turn to the fate of Bashar Al-Assad as opposition insists upon his departure
Egypt, Sudan working to unify stance on regional issues: Shoukry
Deputy foreign minister Osama Al-Magdoub to visit Khartoum this week to head preparations for the joint committee meetings
Syria peace talks to discuss fate of Bashar Al-Assad
UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura described the transitional government in Syria as the main issue and refused to avoid discussing Al-Assad’s fate
Shoukry to meet Sudanese president to discuss bilateral relations
Egypt’s FM to deliver message from Al-Sisi to his Sudanese counterpart regarding bilateral relations, uniting positions on several regional issues
UN envoy to Libya agrees with Egyptian officials on supporting national unity government
Kopler and Al-Magdoub agreed to continue their consultations on the Libyan current situation
Egypt affirms necessity of unified Syrian territories: FM spokesperson
The federalisation is not purely Kurdish, but is comprised of Arabs, Assyrians as well as Kurds, says PYD official
Egypt’s FM discussed current affairs in the Middle East with his Slovakian counterpart
Egyptian participation in armed coalition limited to support, information exchange for the sake of fighting extremism
Egypt’s participation in any international coalition aims to protect Arab national security: Shoukry
Egyptian participation is limited to support, information exchange for the sake of fighting extremism
Egypt, Russia to restore flights within closest possible deadline
The Russian operator of the crashed A321 was banned from international and domestic flights
Russian withdrawal from Syria is positive sign: Iran
The decision will not undermine the Syrian army, says Russian official
Russia makes surprising move to withdraw warplanes from Syria
Russian president wants to show the world that he could outmanoeuvre the US, EU, and Gulf countries, says analyst
UAE fighter jet crashes in Yemen
The two pilots were killed in the plane crash, according to Saudi Arabia’s official news agency
Turkey strikes against PKK after Ankara attack
The government has concrete information about the terrorist organisation behind the Ankara attack, says Turkish PM
FM Shoukry to arrive in Moscow Tuesday for one-day visit
The Egyptian minister will address the development of Dabba nuclear power station in addition to Egyptian-Russian cooperation in security and counterterrorism
Al-Zind fired following his controversial comment about prophet
Former deputy minister Reda Shawkt will be appointed as the new justice minister, say media reports
Al-Sisi, Macedonian counterpart agree on enforcing cooperation
Al-Sisi and Ivanov discuss recent events in the Middle East, counter-terrorism efforts, and increasing influx of refugees into Europe
Al-Assad’s future is non-negotiable: Syrian government
Regime is willing to participate in UN-backed talks, but will not discuss Al-Assad’s resignation, says Syrian foreign minister
Arab League designate Hezbollah as terror group amid Iraqi and Lebanese rebuttal
The decision will increase polarisation and conflict in the Middle East, says analyst
Tunisian army killed 6 ‘terrorists’ late Tuesday in Ben Guerdane
Tunisian PM that 50 IS militants attacked city of Ben Guerdane on Libyan borders to establish it as IS province
French foreign minister will arrive in Cairo Wednesday
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Shoukry and Lavrov discuss efforts to support Syria’s peace talks
They also discussed preparations for Shoukry’s visit to Moscow this month and bilateral relations