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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Aziz El Massassi

People look out toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge following its collapse after the Singapore-flagged Dali container ship collided with it along the Patapsco River on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Kent Nishimura/AFP)
March 27, 2024, 1:45 pm
Six missing from Baltimore bridge collapse believed dead
Search for construction workers now ‘recovery operation,’ says Maryland police chief; safety czar promises investigation, ‘but right now it’s about people’
By Aziz El Massassi
The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sit on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024.(Mandel Ngan/AFP)
March 26, 2024, 2:29 pm
Baltimore port shipping suspended after ship strikes bridge, causing dramatic collapse
Maryland official says port operation paused ‘until further notice’ as rescue workers search for what fire chief believes could be ‘up to 7 people’
By Aziz El Massassi
In this photo released by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, walks next of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 18, 2022 (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP)
March 19, 2022, 4:45 pm
US ‘profoundly disappointed’ by UAE hosting Syria’s Assad
Washington urges allies not to normalize ties with a regime that has carried out ‘horrific atrocities’
By Aziz El Massassi
A man reads a copy of UAE-based The National newspaper, with a headline about the UAE-Israel agreement and Israel's suspension of annexation moves, near the Burj Khalifa, the tallest structure and building in the world, in Dubai on August 14, 2020. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
December 7, 2020, 6:36 am
10 years on from Arab Spring, Gulf monarchies fill Middle East power vacuum
As traditional powers Egypt, Libya and Syria struggled with upheaval and internal conflict, Gulf nations forged ahead, including normalizing ties with Israel
By Aziz El Massassi
A poster of a woman in headphones dancing is displayed on a wall at Dubai's Jumeirah Beach Residence on November 16, 2020. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
November 18, 2020, 11:25 am
From the Nile to the Euphrates: Global streaming giants woo Arab music industry
Spotify and others hope to blow dust off Mideast business and capture large populations of region’s hyper-connected youth
By Aziz El Massassi
US Marines secure the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, January 3, 2020. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot)
January 4, 2020, 6:02 am
Gulf allies of US fear reprisals after Soleimani killing
Tehran, warning of ‘severe revenge’ for Baghdad airstrike, could target US troops in Middle East, or lash out through its proxies in region
By Aziz El Massassi
Members of Saudi Arabia's national soccer team are welcomed in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 13, 2019, where they will play for the first time their match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup against Palestine in two days. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
October 14, 2019, 8:48 am
Saudi fans delight in West Bank soccer match, shrug off geopolitics
Game marks a change in policy for Riyadh, which has previously played against Palestinians in third countries in keeping with the decades-long Arab boycott of Israel
By Aziz El Massassi and Hossam Ezzedine
People hold a picture of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during a symbolic funeral ceremony on June 18, 2019 at Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP)
June 19, 2019, 8:29 am
Egypt’s Morsi likely ‘more popular’ after death
Deposed former president of largest Arab country collapsed and died in court Monday while appealing his death sentence
By Aziz El Massassi
A photo taken on April 4, 2019 shows fish swimming off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. (Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)
April 30, 2019, 8:16 am
Egypt’s rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals
Resorts offer unbeatable deals to lure budget-conscious visitors back to pristine beaches, but experts warn of damaging fragile marine ecosystems
By Aziz El Massassi
An Egyptian man chants slogans as he hold a shoe with an Israeli flag drawn on it during an anti-Israel protest held after the Friday noon prayer at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
September 16, 2018, 6:57 am
Four decades after Camp David, Egyptians still chilly toward Israel
While ties are normalized on paper, on the streets of Cairo many shun the neighboring country over its policies toward Palestinians
By Mona Salem and Aziz El Massassi
This picture shows detainees inside the soundproof glass dock of the courtroom during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / Mohamed el-Shahed)
September 8, 2018, 4:46 pm
Egypt confirms death sentences for 75, but photojournalist to be free ‘in days’
Verdicts are part of mass trial for clashes following ouster of Mohamed Morsi; Amnesty slams ‘mockery of justice’
By Aziz El Massassi
Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
June 29, 2018, 8:31 am
With cries of ‘false news,’ Egypt looks to monitor popular social media users
Under new bill, users with 5,000 followers would be supervised by Supreme Council for Media Regulation, which would be able to suspend accounts
By Bassem Aboualabass and Aziz El Massassi
Egyptians gather during the funeral of the victims of the attack on the Saint Mina Coptic church, on December 29, 2017, at a church south of the capital Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / Samer ABDALLAH)
January 5, 2018, 10:01 am
Egypt Copts to celebrate Christmas after bloody year
Police boosting security around churches after more than 100 Christians killed in terror attacks in past 12 months
By Aziz El Massassi
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
November 28, 2017, 1:46 pm
Deadly mosque attack puts Egypt’s Sinai strategy in spotlight
After three bloody years battling an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula, Egypt’s army still faces deadly mass attacks by Islamic State terrorists
By Aziz El Massassi
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