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A Palau-flagged cargo ship en route to Egypt is set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties are reported.
2024-02-22

Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry visits Syria and Turkey in the first official state visit by Egypt in more than 10 years amid strained relations with both countries.
2023-02-27

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeastern Turkey and Syria, killing eight people and injuring 600 others. The earthquake is also felt in Lebanon and Egypt. This aftershock comes fourteen days after the main earthquake killed more than 47,000 people.
2023-02-20

Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, the World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect.
2022-06-21

The Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria, opens to the public for the first time since 2013. Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud says regular commercial flights will begin within days, starting with Cairo, Egypt.
2020-02-17

Political leaders of Palestinian group Hamas exit Syria for Egypt and Qatar, saying it could no longer operate in the country.
2012-02-28

Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places.
2011-04-8

Somali pirates hijack a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol.
2010-06-28

Two potential pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia are disrupted by the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Australian navy.
2010-05-30

Somali pirates seize an Indonesian chemical tanker with 24 crew in the Gulf of Aden and a British cargo ship with 26 cars 620 miles off the Horn of Africa.
2010-01-2