CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received phone calls from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday.
El-Sisi and Mohamud discussed Egypt-Somalia relations as well as ways to develop joint cooperation and deepen coordination across a range of sectors, an Egyptian presidential statement said.
Ahmed Fahmy, spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, said that the call also touched on regional developments.
El-Sisi confirmed Egypt’s desire to stand by Somalia and support its security and stability.
AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Houthi militia abducted an outspoken legal activist in Sanaa on Tuesday, only a day after beating a journalist for questioning a court decision in the same city, family members and activists in Sanaa said.
The two assaults are the latest in a string of Houthi attacks against independent activists, journalists, and media outlets in Yemeni areas under their control.
Three military vehicles carrying masked armed Houthis surrounded and stormed Judge Abdul Wahab Qatran’s house in Sanaa’s Al-Qaa neighborhood before detaining the judge and his children.
Jerusalem: The Israeli army has said it is “prepared for any scenario” after a strike in Beirut that killed Hamas’s deputy chief, stoking fears the war in the Gaza Strip could boil over into wider regional conflict.
A high-level security official in Lebanon told AFP that Saleh Al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in a strike by Israel, which has vowed to destroy Hamas after the movement’s shock October 7 attacks.
A second security official confirmed the information, while Hamas TV also reported Israel had killed Aruri in Lebanon.