Egypt seeks land route with Jordan, Iraq to boost trade - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hagar Hosny

Hagar Hosny

Mar 8, 2021

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali Hakim and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi pose for a group picture as they meet in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Aug. 4, 2019, to discuss bilateral relations between the three countries. — SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Images

Iraqi children are seen at the Ninevah Bridge, previously known as Mosul's Old Bridge, during an inauguration ceremony following its reconstruction in the city of Mosul on March 14, 2018.

Egypt expands role in Iraqi reconstruction by building bridges in Mosul

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Iraq, Jordan, Egypt economic partnership gains momentum

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

A Sudanese police officer is rowed to a passenger steamboat that has just arrived from Aswan at the Sudanese frontier town of Wadi Halfa on the River Nile, circa 1950.

Egypt, Sudan to build port in border area

Hagar Hosny

A picture taken on October 11, 2015 shows a man walking on a railway as a train approaches in the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt-Sudan eye cross border railway network

Hagar Hosny