Egypt unimpressed by Libya's border wall - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hagar Saeed Mohamed

Hagar Saeed Mohamed

Mar 6, 2019

A refugee climbs through a gap in a fence between the Libyan and Egyptian borders, near Sallum, Egypt, March 16, 2011. — ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images

Kidnapped Egyptian diplomats who were released in Libya are accompanied by Egyptian officials as they arrive at Cairo's airport, January 27, 2014. The five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Tripoli in retaliation for Egypt's arrest of a Libyan militia commander have been freed, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Razak Al-Grady said on Sunday. The abduction of diplomats in the Libyan capital illustrated the fragility of government control over former rebels and militias who two years ago helped topple Muamma

Egypt, Libya at odds over border control

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A four wheel drive vehicle crosses the sand dunes in the late afternoon sun near Egypt's western desert oasis of Siwa on February 3, 2002. The oasis has about 230 hot and cold mainly fresh water springs, and several large lakes scattered around the area, which is popular for tourists on desert safari trips. - RTXL1ZG

Egypt tightens border security amid Libyan unrest

Enas Hamed

A woman views a Turkish coffee set as a vendor arranges souvenir merchandise at a bazaar in Libya's capital Tripoli on September 28, 2020. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey-Egypt conflict in Libya goes to market

George Mikhail

Why did Hifter's forces host Libyan army celebration in Cairo?

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt