Egypt

Libya announced an agreement with Egypt on July 7 involving the development of a refinery in Egypt and a natural gas pipeline connecting the two North African countries. (With Stratfor map) [more]

A new natural gas pipeline linking Israel and Egypt opened May 1. (With Stratfor map) [more]

Egypt and Syria are nervously watching a possible Israeli-Syrian thaw. [more]

Middle Eastern leaders are trying to achieve a breakthrough that will solve Lebanon's long-standing political crisis, in hopes of staving off a rumored Israeli invasion. [more]

A group of African leaders are meeting to try to sort out the mess in Zimbabwe, the Egyptian government carries on as as usual after the election boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, and in the high country of Nepal it looks as if the Maoists may have had a setback, but it's too early to say. And then on Sunday the Italians go to the polls. Colin Chapman reports on the shortage of real winners. [more]

The world hardly blinked when Egypt held municipal elections April 7-8. (With Stratfor map) [more]

Egypt prevented large trucks from taking goods into the Sinai town of Rafah on April 10. [more]

Egyptian security sources indicate that Cairo might not be so forgiving should Hamas attempt another breach of the Gaza border crossing with Egypt. (With Stratfor map) [more]

A U.S. cargo ship traveling in the highly congested Suez Canal opened fire March 24 on a motorboat carrying three Egyptians, killing a 17-year-old fisherman. [more]

A member of Israel's Security Cabinet suggested that Egypt and Jordan might have to take temporary control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since the Palestinian leadership has not been able to control militant activity there. [more]

Iranian efforts to reach out to Egypt will not produce much. [more]

The Egyptian foreign minister has threatened people who violate Egypt's borders with broken legs. [more]

Egypt announced Feb. 5 that it plans to extend a natural gas pipeline to Turkey (the starting point of the planned Nabucco pipeline). [more]

Although Hamas is not saying whether it was involved in the Feb. 4 suicide bombing in Dimona, Israel, it has much to gain by it. [more]

The Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Islamist opposition organization, has sponsored numerous anti-government demonstrations since the Jan. 23 breaching of the Egyptian-Gaza border. [more]

Tens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza crossed the Egyptian border Jan. 23 looking for food and other provisions after Hamas gunmen demolished the metal wall at the Rafah crossing. [more]

Egypt is fiercely resisting any outside interference in Gaza security. As Cairo wakes up to its traditional role in the region, Israel and the United States will need to adjust in dealing with a much more assertive Egypt. [more]

Iran and Egypt are discussing normalization of relations -- something that could change the entire dynamic of the Islamic world. [more]

Thus far, no settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been possible because of geography. But now, there is an opening. [more]

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will host a summit in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh... [more]