Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched warily. By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo Soon after Islamist rebels ...
Ahmed al-Mansour, an Egyptian national who had initially joined the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and then ended up within the ranks of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), had formed a new armed group ...
Corruption in the delivery of arms was revealed in both Syria and Egypt, resulting in arms intended for Syria ending up in Israel. The shock and ensuing political turmoil over the Palestine war ...
For many years, Egypt and Syria shared Soviet patronage, briefly formed a short-lived, failed union (the United Arab Republic), and fought monumental battles against their mutual Israeli adversary.
This more detailed road map for Syria's future followed a day after al-Sharaa's first speech at the "Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution." After he was officially ...
Since Islamist-led rebels seized power in December, Cairo has kept the new authorities in Syria at arm's length. Sisi came to power in 2014 after toppling the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and has ...