Egypt News » Suez News Egypt » Suez » Social: How Egypt turned the Suez Canal from a symbol of exploitation into a tool for emancipation
The air along the maritime route has long carried a whiff of rebellion. It was an uprising in Ismailia, one of the canal's cities, that led to the founding of the Egyptian Republic in 1952, ending a ...
News Egypt » Suez » Social: Egypt earthquake jolts Suez region: Fault beneath Suez Canal was reclassified active last year
A moderate earthquake struck the Gulf of Suez corridor at precisely 3:00 a.m. Cairo time (midnight UTC) on Monday, waking millions of residents across northeastern Egypt and producing felt shaking in ...
News Egypt » Suez » Social: Houthi attacks idle Suez Canal, deepen Egypt's economic woes
Egypt took in some $9.4 billion in Suez Canal transit fees during the last fiscal year — Ahmed HASAN Attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have caused shipping companies to avoid the Suez ...
News Egypt » Suez » Social: An Egypt spooked by Trump designs on Suez Canal is upgrading Red Sea fleet with Chinese submarines
CAIRO — President Trump has basked this week in lavish welcome ceremonies and signed eye-popping deals in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but Arab leaders in nearby Egypt are decidedly more skeptical about ...
News Egypt » Suez » Social: Egypt cabinet denies plan to swap Suez Canal for domestic debt
Egypt's cabinet denied on Sunday any government plan to transfer ownership of the Suez Canal to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) in exchange for settling part of the state's domestic debt.
News Egypt » Suez » Social: Four dead, four missing after oil barge sinks in Gulf of Suez: Egypt gov’t
An oil-drilling barge has sunk in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crew members and leaving four others unaccounted for. The Egyptian government said on Wednesday that 22 people were injured ...
News Egypt » Suez » Social: Drone strike at Egypt port near Suez Canal ignites new shipping risks
By Nafisa Eltahir, Elwely Elwelly and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - A drone strike that sparked fires on two gas vessels in Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta has raised a new threat to ...