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In the aftermath of the killing senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas has announced that it has suspended negotiations with Israel via Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 2, 2024

#BREAKING 18 shipping companies re-routing around Africa amid Red Sea attacks, UN maritime agency says pic.twitter.com/QWfb4PQAvv

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 3, 2024

MAP OF THE DAY: Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Container ships heading toward Europe and/or North America, with almost all avoiding the Red Sea (red).

More than two weeks after the launch of US-led 'Prosperity Guardian', the Houthis still rule in the Red Sea. pic.twitter.com/JK0oLMkvlA

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) January 3, 2024

Egypt raises prices of key services:
– Electricity: up 16-26%
– Internet plans: up >30%
– Metro & rail charges: also up

Why? To reduce pressure on the budget

Prime Minister: If budget issues aren't addressed, they “could, God forbid, explode in our face”https://t.co/Ppmimo88Su

— Ziad Daoud (@ZiadMDaoud) January 4, 2024

“On Sunday, the Denmark-owned and operated container vessel, which was travelling from Singapore to Port Suez in Egypt, reported being struck by a missile while transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait.”

Yet another crisis for Egypt. https://t.co/asDqHaRCT4

— The Big Pharaoh (@TheBigPharaoh) January 5, 2024

Both of the Egyptian Navy's newly-acquired former British Navy support ships are in the view of new MEKO frigate AL QADEER 909, who arrived at Alexandria 31 Dec from Germany. LUXOR 232 is former RFA FORT AUSTIN A386; ABU SIMBEL 233 the former RFA FORT ROSALIE A385 https://t.co/poJa6GZfI8

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) January 6, 2024

🇬🇧 Arrival of new UK aid for Gaza, this time by ship into Port Said, marks a further step towards addressing the humanitarian crisis. Gratitude to Egypt and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society for facilitating this vital journey. #UKAid #GazaRelief pic.twitter.com/uaCnBAZrFI

— Gareth Bayley, British Amb to Egypt 🇬🇧🇪🇬 (@GarethBayleyUK) January 2, 2024

Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency reiterates support for the territorial integrity of #Somalia pic.twitter.com/WcRmnTZurF

— Voice of Horn (@VoiceofHorn) January 2, 2024

Given the potentially historic significance of the Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU yesterday, it's worth remembering a few facts: 1) it is Somalilanders who have separated themselves from Somalia for 30 years, not a shadowy international conspiracy to dismember Somalia.

— Joshua Meservey (@JMeservey) January 2, 2024

BREAKING: The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt and Iran officially join the BRICS

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 1, 2024

Watching Westerners praise Houthis is sickening.
The Stop War campaign, like many anti-Zionist leftists have lost their moral campus.#Houthis literally pushed #Yemen back into brutal medievalism. Their people are starving, while they proudly attack trade ships in the Red Sea,… https://t.co/rV14mBai3K

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) January 6, 2024

Unverified video of young Egyptians fighting for Russia in exchange for money and the Russian citizenship. Not hard to believe, both sides in the conflict are losing fighting men.

This is what poverty does. https://t.co/eHqAwhOzgg

— The Big Pharaoh (@TheBigPharaoh) January 5, 2024

Egypt PM said that Egyptians consume 275 million loafs/day.

Privileged Egyptians who are detached from reality don’t understand why Egyptians consume so much bread/rice and sugar

Bread/rice: to fill their stomacks

Sugar: 4 teaspoons in tea is the only dessert they can afford

— The Big Pharaoh (@TheBigPharaoh) January 3, 2024

The teaching of fake history (propaganda) is alive & well at Luton Council's @schsupportluton https://t.co/ChTAjEffKX
Luton School Support wants children to believe that the pyramids of Giza are part of black history. This is arrant nonsense.

Ancient Egyptians were most…

— Rafe Heydel-Mankoo (@RafHM) January 1, 2024