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US won't give Egypt $130 million in planned aid

US President Joe Biden's administration is set to deny $130 million of military aid to Egypt, US State Department officials said on Friday, in a rare punishment of a key ally. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in September that the aid would be withheld if Egypt did not address specific human rights-related conditions Washington has […]

Lebanon signs deal for power grid with Syria, Jordan

The energy ministers of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria signed Wednesday an agreement in Beirut for supplying Lebanon with Jordanian electricity via Syria. A power cut at the Ministry of Energy caused a short delay before the agreements of purchase and transit were signed. Lebanon will secure through the agreement 250 megawatts of electricity, equivalent to […]

Lebanon finalizing deal to borrow electricity from Jordan

Crisis-hit Lebanon will sign a deal with Jordan next week to bring in electricity via Syria to help ease grueling power cuts, Energy Minister Walid Fayyad has told AFP. The agreement, which comes as the country grapples with round-the-clock power cuts, is part of a wider government effort to eventually provide state power for eight […]

‘Station Eleven’: Mackenzie Davis Showing the Theatrical Way to a Vaccine Free Future – PART II

By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD The Person is the Politics Well, that’s enough of that. Let’s get to the relatively more positive stuff. Well, naturally, MD. I loved her voice here. It’s very feminine and cutesy, evidence of a character still traumatized from her childhood. She doesn’t don her thick boyish voice from San Junipero […]

‘Station Eleven’: Mackenzie Davis Showing the Theatrical Way to a Vaccine Free Future – PART I

Just finished watching the HBO Max sci-fi mini-series Station Eleven (2021) and, what can I say. It’s like watching experimental theatre. Brilliant performances but nothing makes any sense! By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD Don’t take my word for it. The star of the show and not coincidentally one of my favorite actresses on the planet, […]

Media charges US of brokering Israel-Lebanon gas deal, with Russian help

"Media reports that the United States has brokered an energy deal between Israel and Lebanon are false," the U.S. State Department tweeted. Israeli Channel 12 news had said that the U.S. had brokered an agreement for Israel to indirectly supply natural gas to Lebanon through Jordan and Syria. The report said the agreement was approved […]

Blinken and French discuss democracy in Libya

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss efforts to promote the democratic process in Libya, the State Department said on Sunday. Efforts to lead Libya into elections at the end of December were thrown into disarray when the country’s electoral commission said a vote could […]

US ambassador hands letter to Mikati on regional energy market

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea on Friday met with Prime Minister Najib Miqati and conveyed to him “an official written communication from the U.S. Department of the Treasury” that she said “answers to some of the concerns that the (Lebanese) authorities have” regarding regional energy deals. ”They wanted to make sure that in pursuing […]

President Sisi pledges Egypt's support for Lebanon

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday expressed his “full solidarity” with Lebanon in a meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh with Prime Minister Najib Miqati. Al-Sisi also voiced Egypt’s “readiness to contribute to delivering the Egyptian gas” to Lebanon “according to the signed treaties,” giving instructions to “facilitate the issue and speed up its implementation.” “Lebanon […]

Egypt okays emergency liquidity to local banks

Egypt's central bank said on Monday it had approved a set of rules under which it would be able to provide emergency liquidity to local lenders. Banks can apply to receive emergency liquidity if they cannot get it from the interbank or financial markets, the central bank said in a statement. Emergency liquidity will be […]

Joint Saudi, Egyptian, Jordanian military exercises

The Royal Saudi Naval Forces started the fifth edition of a joint exercise with the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Saudi Defense Ministry said on Sunday. The “Safe-Beach 5” drill, which continues until Thursday, is being held with the Kingdom’s Eastern Fleet. Rear Admiral Ali Al-Shehri, commander of the RSNF taking part in the exercise, said […]

Protesters force Lebanon into power blackout

Lebanon's state electricity company says that its power plants have stopped working after protesters stormed a key substation and tampered with the electrical equipment. The small country is already grappling with round-the-clock power cuts that last at least 20 hours a day due to a financial crisis that has hampered key imports, including fuel for […]

Egypt green transformation coincides with COP27

Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad discussed with South Sinai Gov. Khaled Fouda preparations for transforming Sharm El-Sheikh into a green city to coincide with it hosting COP27 at the end of this year. The selection of Egypt to host the next session of the climate conference was announced during the closing session of COP26 in […]

Erdogan announces trip to Saudi next month

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he will visit Saudi Arabia next month, the Turkish leader's first since the 2018 murder of Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Rocky relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia worsened significantly after the brutal killing of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. […]

Israel bombs Gaza strip, Palestinians respond with SAMs

Israel has targeted Hamas positions in southern Gaza after rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave, security sources and the army said. Planes bombed a Hamas site at midnight on Saturday, in response to the firing of two rockets from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning toward the sea off the shores of Tel Aviv. […]

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