Sufis exist across the Islamic world and include both Sunnis and Shia. But they are vehemently - and violently - opposed by many hardline Sunni groups. In Egypt, there are about 15 million Sufis ...

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The Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, accompanied by a ministerial delegation, arrived on Thursday at Baghdad ...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani witnessed the signing of several cooperation agreements following an expanded session of the Egyptian-Iraqi ...

IRAN, AS the Shia stronghold, sees itself as the ideological ... Controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Houthis have become a headache for Egypt, whose Suez Canal revenue has dropped ...