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      Hamza Hendawi

      Hamza Hendawi

      Foreign Correspondent
      Location
      Cairo
      Hamza joined The National in Cairo in February 2019. A native of Egypt, he's covered the news from nearly 30 countries across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He's worked for Reuters and The Associated Press, covering nearly every recent Middle East conflict, including Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, South Sudan’s civil war and the US invasion of Iraq.

      Articles

      Sudanese farmers harvest onions in Omdurman, part of Sudan's greater capital region, along with Khartoum and Bahri, and currently under the national army's control. Reuters
      Sudan's Dagalo orders creation of 'new national army' comprising paramilitary and rebel groups

      Move by RSF commander, though symbolic, deepens divisions with civil war now in its fourth year

      MENAJune 03, 2026
      Mourners attend the funeral of Imad Aslim, a Hamas commander who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza last month. EPA
      Hamas leaders head to Egypt for talks in bid to salvage Gaza peace plan

      Meetings come after Netanyahu ordered Israeli military to occupy more territory in enclave

      MENAJune 02, 2026
      Somaliland ambassador Mohamed Hagi, right, presents his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in Jerusalem. EPA
      Egypt condemns Somaliland's decision to open embassy in Jerusalem

      Israeli recognition of breakaway region viewed by Cairo as challenge to its influence in Horn of Africa

      MENAJune 01, 2026
      Sudan's de facto leader and army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan. AFP
      Sudan's Al Burhan says dialogue will map new 'political structure'

      Army chief claims Sudanese will not accept foreign initiatives to end civil war

      MENAMay 27, 2026
      Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara, left, talks to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at a European Council meeting in Cyprus. AFP
      Averse to political Islam, Egypt cautiously develops ties with post-Assad Syria

      Cairo wants Damascus to hand over wanted Islamists – but fears being left behind in lucrative reconstruction contracts

      MENAMay 24, 2026
      US and Iran push for deal as Trump tells negotiators to 'take their time'
      US and Iran push for deal as Trump tells negotiators to 'take their time'

      Secretary of State Marco Rubio reports 'significant progress' after Trump spoke to Gulf leaders

      USMay 23, 2026
      An image of supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran. EPA
      Mediators 'finalising an agenda' for resumed US-Iran negotiations

      Talks could come as early as next week, sources say

      MENAMay 21, 2026
      Armed militants, from the Al Qassam Brigades, during a search for the bodies of the remaining Israeli hostages in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Getty Images
      Hamas militarily depleted and divided but remains 'very dangerous'

      Israel's assassinations of the group's leaders have led to fighters forming autonomous cells, sources say

      MENAMay 21, 2026
      The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River. Reuters
      Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

      Foreign and transport ministers are in Eritrea for talks on expanding commercial and economic ties between the two countries

      MENAMay 17, 2026
      A Sudanese woman walks past graves of people killed during clashes in Omdurman. AFP
      Army stings and monetary incentives behind RSF defections in Sudan

      Close ties going back many years between military and its rival have enabled switch of sides, experts say

      MENAMay 14, 2026
      Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. AFP
      AnalysisHow Egypt's balancing act aims to preserve relations and prevent war

      Analysts say Cairo's ties with allies take precedence over relations with Iran, but communications with Tehran remain essential

      MENAMay 12, 2026
      Brig Ali Rizqallah, better known as general Savanah, announced on Monday May 11 his desertion from Susan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Informed sources said he was joining the army, the RSF's adversary in a three-year-old civil war. photo: screengrab
      Senior RSF commander switches sides in Sudan's civil war

      Brigadier Ali Rizqallah, better known as 'Savanah', announces his desertion in a video clip

      MENAMay 11, 2026
      The Nilometer on Cairo’s Roda island was used for centuries to gauge the water level during the annual flood season. Hamza Hendawi / The National
      Cairo's Nilometer measures mood of Egyptians gripped by threat of Ethiopia's dam

      Egyptians no longer rely on the 9th-century gauge to check the river's water level - and whether they will have enough to eat for the next year. But its symbolic importance remains...

      MENAMay 08, 2026
      Sudan's army is engaged in a civil war that is now in its fourth year. AFP
      UAE rejects 'unfounded accusations' of involvement in Khartoum airport attack

      Sudan's army-led administration claims strikes were launched from Ethiopia with UAE support

      MENAMay 06, 2026
      The attack in Al Kahly Zeidan killed 17 family members of Abu Aqla Kaikal, pictured, a former paramilitary officer who defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces. Photo: Suna
      Sudan drone strike kills 17 relatives of defector

      Other attacks hit Khartoum Airport and military sites in Omdurman

      MENAMay 04, 2026
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