Egypt's parliament voted Monday to authorize President el-Sisi to provide military support to Saudi Arabia to defend against Houthi attacks. El-Sisi said assistance would be limited to defending Saudi territory, not attacking Yemen.
An Italian court convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia for the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found days after his disappearance in Cairo. The officials were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are set to meet in Cairo next week to resume national dialogue, as Hamas explores forming a broad electoral coalition with other groups opposed to the ruling Fatah government ahead of Palestine's first legislative elections in two decades scheduled for November.
Representatives of President Donald Trump, including senior adviser Jared Kushner and Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov, are holding talks in Cairo with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators to advance a U.S. Gaza peace plan. Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hayya is also traveling to Cairo for discussions with Egyptian intelligence amid the diplomatic push.
