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Samy Magdy

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Cairo, Egypt, June 25, 2023. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
June 25, 2023, 5:36 pm
Egypt’s president meets visiting Indian prime minister to strengthen ties
Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian prime minister to pay a state visit to Cairo in more than two decades as nations seek to ramp up bilateral trade
By Samy Magdy and ToI Staff
A tugboat pushes the Seavigour, after it suffered a mechanical malfunction in the Suez Canal, Egypt, June 4, 2023. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
June 4, 2023, 9:11 pm
Oil tanker breaks down in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic
Tugboats transport the Malta-flagged Seavigour to a two-lane part of the waterway, as crews work to repair it
By Samy Magdy
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, center background, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, second left, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, second right, attend a regional consultative meeting in Amman, Jordan, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
May 5, 2023, 3:21 pm
Arab ministers to hold emergency meeting over Syria’s potential return to Arab League
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Safadi believes there are enough votes for Damascus to return to body; talks will also focus on Sudan and ‘recent events’ in Israel, West Bank, Gaza
By Samy Magdy and Bassam Mroue
People walk past shuttered shops in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
April 18, 2023, 6:55 am
185 killed, 1,800 wounded as Sudan’s generals battle for third day
Outbreak of violence between nation’s two top generals, each backed by tens of thousands of heavily armed fighters, trapping millions of people in their homes as supplies run low
By jack jeffery and Samy Magdy
Sudanese greet army soldiers loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on April 16, 2023.(AFP)
April 17, 2023, 4:18 am
Death toll rises as rival forces press battle for control of Sudan
Fresh clashes in Khartoum and other parts of country bring number killed to over 60, with dozens more feared slain in second day of fighting between army and powerful militia
By jack jeffery and Samy Magdy
A crowd gathers at the airport ahead of a prisoner exchange in Sanaa, Yemen, April 14, 2023. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
April 14, 2023, 12:20 pm
Over 800 Yemen civil war prisoners set for release as part of UN-backed swap
Flights to carry detainees between Saudi Arabia and Yemen over three days, as international efforts seek to end long-running conflict between Houthis and Riyadh-backed government
By Ahmed al-Haj and Samy Magdy
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 18, 2023, 1:20 pm
Turkey’s top diplomat visits Cairo in effort to mend ties after years of tensions
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu is highest-ranking Ankara official to formally visit in over decade, apparently for talks on Libya, tensions over Mediterranean gas exploration
By Samy Magdy
Yemeni pro-government fighters from the UAE-trained Giants Brigade drive though Ataq city, east of the Red Sea port of Aden, on their way to the frontline facing pro-Iran Houthi fighters, on January 28, 2022. (Saleh Al-OBEIDI/ AFP/ File)
March 12, 2023, 9:05 pm
Iran says rapprochement with Saudi Arabia will help end war in Yemen
Tehran says deal with Riyadh will promote efforts to renew ceasefire, lead to inclusive government; since 2014, conflict has become proxy war between the two regional powers
By Samy Magdy
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaks at the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers, in the capital Tripoli, on January 22, 2023. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
January 22, 2023, 4:20 pm
Most FMs boycott Arab League meeting in Tripoli amid dispute over Libyan government
Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia among members absent from forum, challenging legitimacy of government whose rival they back
By Samy Magdy
File: Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
January 11, 2023, 4:00 pm
Oxfam: US, UK supplied arms used by Saudi-led coalition to kill civilians in Yemen
Charity says munitions killed at least 87, wounded 136 in just over a year; at least 19 hits on health sites, ambulances; Britain says has ‘strict risk assessment framework’
By Samy Magdy
A man buys food at a restaurant in Cairo, Egypt, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
January 10, 2023, 1:33 pm
Inflation in Egypt continues to skyrocket, leaving citizens struggling to buy basics
Statistics bureau shows annual inflation at 21.9% last month, up from 19.2% in November, with fruits and dairy products seeing highest spikes among food items
By Samy Magdy
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, alleged to have made the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, with the loss of 270 lives in 1988, in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, December 12, 2022, in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)
December 18, 2022, 6:02 am
Libyan militia held suspected Lockerbie bombmaker before he was handed over to US
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, explosives expert for Libya’s intelligence service, was captured in mid-November nighttime raid in Tripoli, Libyan officials reveal
By Samy Magdy
Members of the media listen as Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission, left, speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 19, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
November 19, 2022, 4:39 pm
Negotiators at COP27 reach deal on fund for nations stricken by extreme weather
Agreement aiming to have developed economies finance damage caused to poor nations as a result of climate change still needs to be approved in unanimous vote
By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy and Frank Jordans
The remains of a car damaged in deadly clashes between militias backed by two rival administrations in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, August 28 2022. (AP/Yousef Murad)
August 28, 2022, 10:49 pm
Over 30 killed in Tripoli clashes between forces backed by rival Libyan regimes
At least 17 civilians slain in fighting, as residents fear escalation in monthslong stalemate between Tripoli-based prime minister and premier situated in country’s east
By Samy Magdy
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on July 21, 2022 (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
July 24, 2022, 2:40 pm
Hoping to break diplomatic isolation, Russia FM visits Egypt at start of Africa trip
In op-ed, Lavrov says accusation that Russia is responsible for global food crisis after Ukraine invasion is attempt to ‘shift blame’
By Samy Magdy
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