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In this Saturday Sept. 7, 2019 photo, fighters of the 'Shelba' unit, allied with the U.N.-supported Libyan government, prepare for combat at the Salah-addin neighborhood front line in Tripoli, Libya. The US is making efforts to convince power brokers in Libya and Sudan to expel the Russian private military company Wagner, regional officials tell The Associated Press. The pressure comes after Washington expanded sanctions on the group. Wagner has played a role in Libya's conflict but has also been linked with a powerful Sudanese paramilitary. (AP Photo/Ricard Garcia Vilanova, File)

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US seeks to expel Russian mercenaries from Sudan, Libya
By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Fri,02/03/23-12:25AM , 55 Reads
CAIRO (AP) — The United States has stepped up pressure on Middle East allies to expel the Wagner Group, a military contractor owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russia’s president, from chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan where it has expanded in recent years, regional officials told The Associated Press.
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A Yemeni fighter backed by the Saudi-led coalition fires his weapon during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara frontline near Marib, Yemen, June 20, 2021. Since the longest ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties ended without renewal late last year, Saudi Arabia and the Iranian-backed Houthis have once again been engaging in back-channel talks. While the negotiations have managed to achieve an immediate aim of maintaining an unofficial sort of temporary truce, they seem unlikely to help either side find a way out of the conflict. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

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Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce
By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Tue,01/17/23-12:17AM , 61 Reads
CAIRO (AP) — Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting — more than nine months — Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials. The two sides hope to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to the long civil war.
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In this photo released by Suez Canal Authority, tugboats pull the ship MV Glory in the Suez Canal between the cities of Port Said and Ismailiya, Egypt Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. A cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early on Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and traffic through the crucial waterway was restored, Egyptian authorities said. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

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Cargo ship goes aground, is refloated in Egypt's Suez Canal
By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Mon,01/09/23-12:44AM , 133 Reads
CAIRO (AP) — A cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early on Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and traffic through the crucial waterway was restored, Egyptian authorities said.
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In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds
By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Tue,11/22/22-12:17AM , 114 Reads
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts
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