Suez Canal

Analysts are examining how the conflict involving Iran is changing Egypt's strategic thinking in the Middle East. The war's ripple effects — on regional security, trade routes through the Suez Canal, and Egypt's relations with Tehran, Washington and Gulf partners — are prompting Cairo to reassess its diplomatic and security positions amid a volatile regional landscape.

A short retrospective account of the 2021 grounding of the Ever Given, the giant container ship that ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal and blocked one of the world's busiest shipping routes for six days in March 2021. The incident halted billions of dollars in trade and became a global talking point, with readers still revisiting concise explanations of how the blockage happened and was eventually resolved.