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The request published in "Al-Araby Al-Jadeed" comes after a serious injury to the Egyptian economy due to a decrease in the passage of ships in the Suez Canal • In Egypt they emphasize that the war has already given its signals on the Egyptian economy - not only in the issue of the Suez Canal, but also in the export of gas. The Houthi blockade of ships in the Red Sea is beginning to affect the revenues of the Suez Canal, which accounts for about 2% of Egypt's GDP. As a result, Cairo appealed to the Houthi rebels to focus...

Winter storms have devastated refugee and displacement camps across Syria, humanitarian organizations reported on Wednesday. Freezing temperatures have also gripped neighboring Iraq in recent days, where at least three displaced people have died from exposure in the space of 72 hours, according to an Iraqi human rights monitor. Two children died at the Ashti camp in Sulaymaniah province, as did a 71-year-old woman living in an abandoned house in Diyala province, the Afada observatory said Wednesday. In Syria, videos and photos posted online by local photographers and residents of the camps showed tents blanketed in white while people feared the...