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Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly speaks in Beirut on Dec. 19, 2025.

Egypt ramps up energy investments amid war-driven price pressures

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Wednesday that Egypt has secured commitments exceeding $19 billion from international oil companies over the next three years.

Crops of wheat and barley in Terbol village on May 10, 2022, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Analysis

MENA wheat importers face food security risks as Hormuz crisis festers

Home to many of the world's largest wheat importers, the Middle East and North Africa face acute food security risks as the US-Israel-Iran war disrupts global fertilizer flows and pushes up prices.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on the margins of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, on April 17, 2026.

Analysis

Why Saudi Arabia, Egypt are wary of Turkey’s proposed 4-way defense pact with Pakistan

The proposed framework faces major hurdles and fault lines, ranging from NATO constraints to Israeli opposition and weak military integration.

Barin Kayaoglu

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A man walks through the atrium during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

IMF slashes Mideast outlook by nearly 3 points as Iran war hits economies

The International Monetary Fund cut gross domestic product forecasts for the Middle East and North Africa, with the fallout from the conflict exposing stark divergences between the region’s energy exporters and importers.

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Analysis

Egypt eyes energy breakthroughs as Iran war deepens gas crunch

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Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Analysis

Hostage to Hormuz, can Gulf rewire future energy flows to bypass Iran’s chokepoint?

A police speed boat patrols the port as oil tankers and high speed crafts sit anchored at Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Hormuz on March 30, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Israel energy minister says gas flowing to Egypt, Jordan despite shutdown reports

A view of the platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the Israeli northern coastal beach of Nasholim, on Aug. 29, 2022.

Egypt closes stores early, Jordan bans AC as Iran war takes toll

Shops close early, on March 28, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt.

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In London, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics

Nada Shaker

In Cairo, reporting on culture

Female Members of Parliament, who are also members of the Freedom and Justice Party of the Muslim Brotherhood, attend a parliament session in Cairo February 26, 2012. Egypt's military rulers invited the parliament's two houses to convene on Saturday to elect an assembly tasked with writing the country's first constitution since the overthrowing of former President Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR2YH3N

Egypt’s 'Muslim Sisterhood' moves from social work to politics

Following the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and the arrest of Egyptian Brotherhood leaders, the "Muslim Sisterhood," the female branch of the Brotherhood, has taken on a more prominent political role.

People wave banners depicting people who died in previous Egyptian revolutions around a monument, erected in honour of the victims, draped with an Egyptian flag after security forces fired teargas at protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo November 19, 2013. Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of several hundred people in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, two years after 42 were killed in protests against military rule. The protests were a mark of the turmoil that has dogged Egypt since the army

Young Egyptians reclaim Tahrir Square, trash monument

Young Egyptian revolutionaries express their frustration with Egypt’s past and present rulers.

Egypt marks another grim anniversary under military rule

Egyptian activists lament the lack of progress since the clashes of November 2011.

U.S. President Barack Obama walks out after speaking about the violence in Egypt while at his rental vacation home on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard in Chilmark August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX12MDQ

Israel, Egypt, Gulf fear US betrayal

Israel has become part of an unexpected alliance with the Gulf countries, Egypt and Jordan, all disappointed by the US administration's lack of Middle East understanding.

Saudi film captivates Israeli moviegoers

"Wadjda" opens a window into Saudi society and the phenomenon of feminism there, unknown to the Israeli public.

Women carry gas cylinders to be refilled on the outskirts of Cairo, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXY4WW

Egypt's rulers face first test with gas shortage

Public support for Egypt's new government could take a drastic turn if it fails to solve the country's persisting gas shortage.

Ultras, or hardcore fans, of Egypt's Al Ahly sit atop a bus as riot police cordon off the road in front of the buses of Ultras before the derby CAF Champions League soccer match between Egypt's Zamalek and Al Ahly at El-Gouna stadium in Hurghada, about 464 km (288 miles) from the capital Cairo July 24, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SPORT SOCCER CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11WZG

Egypt’s Ultras: Revolutionaries to villains?

The Ultras, decisively active during the protests, are now being blamed by some in the media for contributing to chaos in the country.

An opposition supporter holds up a laptop showing images of celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square, after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigned February 11, 2011. Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, handing power to the army and bowing to relentless pressure from a popular uprising after his military support. "New media, mainly satellite channels, have managed to spread the message of the revolution everywhere, including rural areas," said Abdel Fattah of the Al Ah

Israeli technology expert: information revolution at heart of Arab Spring

Israeli defense technology adviser Haim Assa explains in his book on Marx, Nietzsche and Tahrir Square that cyberspace has enabled the masses to understand their force and ability to topple leaders, in a democracy building process that may last for a decade.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the media during a joint news conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Baghdad, November 10, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX157TO

Turkey charts new course in Iraq

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's recent visit to Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala is the latest sign of a new, dual-track policy on Iraq that is endorsed by the United States.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City November 14, 2013. Eight days of Israeli air strikes on Gaza and cross-border Palestinian rocket attacks in November last year ended in an Egyptian-brokered truce agreement calling on Israel to ease restrictions on the territory. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTX15DDP

No end in sight for Gaza crisis

Until Egypt is in a position to push through an internal Palestinian settlement, the crisis in Gaza is likely to continue.

A general view of the Qursaya Island at the Nile river in Cairo January 19, 2013. According to local media, the Egyptian Army claims that it is the registered owner of Oursaya Island. While the court of administrative justice affirmed islanders' legal right to live and farm the land in 2008, the military court in December 2012 charged 25 residents of the island for encroaching on army property and for being present in a military zone. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CITYSCA

Report on Nile River Basin bolsters Egypt

A new report indicates that, despite claims to the contrary, Egypt is not receiving an inflated share of the Nile's waters.

Al Ahli fans take part in a protest march in front of the general prosecutor's office in Cairo November 6, 2013. The protesters were calling for the release of their fellow fans, who were arrested earlier last month during clashes with security personnel as the club's handball team returned from Morocco after winning silver in the African Champions League handball tournament. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: SPORT HANDBALL CIVIL UNREST) - RTX152G1

Arab societies must build 'citizen-states'

The Arab state system needs to better apply to concepts of civil society.