October 12th, 2025 - 11:32 GMT
ALBAWABA - Egypt has placed a Russian-made Buk-M2E medium-range air defense system in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea coast in the past few hours to secure key figures who will be attending the Gaza peace summit on Monday, Exclusive sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. The Egyptian Armed Forces' deployment of the Russian air defense system is part of intensive security preparations for hosting the international summit on ...
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![Youth from the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Jalazoun, clash with Palestinian police as they block the main road leading to the West Bank city of Ramallah and Bir Zeit as they protest against the reduction of aid to refugees given by United Nation's UNRWA on January 12, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_TS-TS-Nic6284141.jpg?itok=xDM46yhQ "Youth from the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Jalazoun, clash with Palestinian police as they block the main road leading to the West Bank city of Ramallah and Bir Zeit as they protest against the reduction of aid to refugees given by United Nation's UNRWA on January 12, 2014. [AFP]")
!['Friends of Syria' met with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Par7761060.jpg?itok=p4Noxdm3 "'Friends of Syria' met with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. [AFP]")
