Cairo, March 11 (IANS) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held phone calls on Wednesday with his counterparts from Jordan, Bahrain, and Iran, calling for calm in the region on the heels of the US-Israel war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. During the phone calls, Abdelatty urged mobilising regional and international efforts to contain the escalation, and to rely on dialogue and diplomacy to prevent the expansion of conflict.He war…
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Abu Dhabi, Feb 9 (IANS) The leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt met Monday to call for a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza, emphasising that the “two-state solution” remains the only path to lasting peace in the Middle East. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met in Abu Dhabi against a backdrop of regional tension. According to the UAE’s state news agency WAM, the two leaders stressed the urgent need to secure a lastin…
Tehran, Jan 31 (IANS) Iran’s Army Chief Amir Hatami on Saturday warned that if the United States makes any mistake, it will definitely jeopardise its own security and that of Israel and the entire West Asia region, according to the official news agency IRNA. Speaking at a national festival in Tehran, Hatami emphasised the Iranian armed forces’ readiness amid escalating tensions with Washington.”Today, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are in complete defence and military readiness…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) The United States has designated the Egyptian, Lebanese and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as “terrorist organisations”, citing in part what it described as their support for the Hamas terror group, in a move that is set to impose sweeping sanctions on one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential Islamist movements.The decision, which Washington formally initiated in November last year, will trigger financial and travel restrictions against the thre…