El Sisi talks regional issues with Qatari emir

Egypt + Qatar continue to thaw tensions: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi spoke with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani over the phone yesterday to discuss increasing coordination on regional developments in light of the violence in Gaza over the weekend, according to an Ittihadiya statement. The two countries began cooperating on the reconstruction of Gaza last year, and reached an agreement to ship Egyptian fuel to the territory paid for by Qatar. Al Thani visited Egypt for the first time since the two countries normalized ties in 2021 in June.