Cairo is ramping up pressure on Addis Ababa again in tandem with Khartoum’s forces. Egypt and Sudan held joint military drills in Sudan this week amid reports that Ethiopia had begun a second filling of its controversial Nile dam. Egyptian ground, naval and air forces, including special forces and paratroopers, …

Egypt, which brokered last week’s cease-fire that ended hostilities and between Israel and Hamas and also hosted Palestinian reconciliation talks earlier this year, hopes it can help put in place a long-term truce. Egypt is working to broker an additional agreement between Israel and Hamas following the recent fighting. Israeli …

Amid protests demanding justice after a series of assassinations, Iraqi security forces have arrested the commander of one prominent militant faction. A day after a major protest demanding greater accountability in Iraq, especially as concerns the unsolved murders of several activists, the commander of a faction affiliated with the Popular …