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Boats, including a container ship, cross the new waterway of the Suez Canal. (AFP)
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The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an interview with the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince (SPA)
Saudi Investments of more than 8 Billion Dollars in Egypt and Oil for 5 Years
The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued directives decreeing that “Saudi investments in Egypt increase to over 30 billion riyals ($8 billion)” in addition to providing Egypt with its needs for petrol for 5 years and supporting traffic in...Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stands in boat on the Suez Canal as he attends the celebration of the completion of the new Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on August 6, 2015. (Reuters/The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters)
Opinion: The Battle for the New Suez Canal
The Muslim Brotherhood considers itself at war with the Egyptian regime. True to form, last week the group launched a massive media campaign to coincide with the inauguration ceremony for the new Suez Canal. The derisory and mocking tone of this campaign could be seen...Caption:
Cargo ships sail through the Suez Canal, seen from a helicopter, near Ismailia, Egypt, in this September 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File)
Egypt arrests 13 Brotherhood members over alleged Suez Canal terror plot: sources
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Suez Canal, security sources said on Monday. The 13, who included an employee of the Suez Canal...Caption:
A handout picture made available on March 14, 2015 by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (R) and Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) listening to Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman (3rd-R) as they look at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the congress hall in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Samaaha/Egyptian Presidency HO)