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The Suez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats were used to unblock the canal.
2022-08-31

The Suez Canal Authority accepts an offer from the United States Navy to deploy an assessment team of dredging experts to assist in efforts to remove the stranded Ultra Large Container Vessel "Ever Given". The Suez Canal has now been blocked for four consecutive days.
2021-03-26

The Suez Canal Authority suspends navigation through the Suez Canal until the grounded container ship "Ever Given" can be refloated. The waterway has now been blocked for three consecutive days.
2021-03-25

The Suez Canal is blocked in both directions after the Panamanian-flagged container ship "Ever Given" runs aground north of Egypt's Suez Port.
2021-03-23

Six Egyptian soldiers are killed in an ambush west of Ismaïlia, close to the Suez Canal. In the South Sinai, a suicide bomber kills 3 and injures 55 others after an attack against security buildings in the provincial capital El-Tor.
2013-10-7

President Barack Obama reveals he talked with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, marking the first time leaders from the U.S. and Iran have directly communicated since the Iranian revolution.
2013-09-27

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travels to Egypt. It is the first time since 1979 revolution that an Iranian head of state visits that country.
2013-02-5

The price of oil rises above $100 for the first time since 2008 as traders worry about possible disruption to the Suez Canal as a result of events in Egypt. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-breakingnews-219176- (AFP via "The Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2011-01-31

The Red Crescent delays an aid shipment bound for Gaza after being told that Egypt would prevent it from using the internationally neutral Suez Canal.
2010-06-28

Reformists clash with police forces in Iran, during protests held at the 31st anniversary of the overthrow of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
2010-02-11