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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.

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      Sudan's Rapid Support Forces seized a key oilfield from the army this week. Reuters
      Drone attack on southern oilfield held by Sudan's RSF kills dozens

      RSF fighters, South Sudanese soldiers and local tribal chiefs among those believed to have been killed

      MENADecember 10, 2025
      Fighters from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. AP
      Al Obeid gripped by fear as Sudan's army and RSF square up for fierce battle

      Some residents leave to escape drone and artillery attacks, while others place trust in army's defence of North Kordofan city

      MENADecember 09, 2025
      An injured man from El Fasher at a displacement camp in Al Dabba. Reuters
      Sudan's RSF shifts focus of campaign to army-held Al Obeid in North Kordofan

      Witnesses report drone strikes and artillery shelling of army base in besieged city

      MENADecember 04, 2025
      Many Hamas fighters were trapped in tunnels under Israeli-held territory after the ceasefire in Gaza took hold. Bloomberg
      ExclusiveScores of Hamas fighters escape from tunnels in Israeli-held part of Gaza

      Sources say as many as 300 militants may have emerged from underground after being stranded by ceasefire

      MENADecember 03, 2025
      A woman votes during the first round of Egyptian parliamentary elections in November. EPA
      AnalysisEgypt in political soul-searching mode after El Sisi calls out voting irregularities

      Calls grow for entire parliamentary election to be cancelled as flaws open up wider debate on Egyptian politics

      MENADecember 02, 2025
      Members of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stand in front of the main gate of the 22nd SAF Infantry Division, in Babanusa. Reuters
      Sudan's RSF overruns army garrison in key city

      Video clips posted online show RSF fighters celebrating the taking of Babanusa

      MENADecember 01, 2025
      A Palestinian child at the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. AFP
      ExclusiveMediators stumble in talks on Hamas fighters stranded in Gaza tunnels

      Difficulties resolving militants' fate among deadlocks preventing start of second phase of peace plan

      MENANovember 29, 2025
      The funerary mask of the Egyptian Pharaoh Psusennes I at the Egyptian Museum. Hamza Hendawi / The National
      Play02:28
      Whither Cairo's original Egyptian Museum (the one with no Grand in its title)?

      The city's original showcase of historical treasures risks becoming a relic itself with the opening of its spectacular new rival

      MENANovember 28, 2025
      Sudan’s army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan says claims his forces are under the sway of Islamist groups are 'lies perpetuated to scare the Americans and our brothers in Egypt'. AFP
      AnalysisIs Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan beholden to Sudan's Islamists?

      The National examines how Islamists clawed their way back into the military and public life after the collapse of the Al Bashir regime, helped by a marriage of necessity with SAF chief

      MENANovember 28, 2025
      Sudanese refugees from El Fasher arrive at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Reuters
      Sudan's Al Burhan tones down criticism of US peace plan and issues plea to Trump

      Army chief calls on Donald Trump to bring peace to Sudan in Wall Street Journal article

      MENANovember 26, 2025
      Northern Gaza is reduced to piles of rubble. Reuters
      Hamas thrashes out issues with Trump's peace plan in Cairo talks

      Egyptian, Turkish and Qatari mediators air concerns to US counterparts about way ahead for peace

      MENANovember 25, 2025
      Hamas financier Abdelbasit Hamza. The National
      Play01:17
      Sudanese tycoon sanctioned for financing Hamas protected by SAF leader

      Opposition figure Khalid Omer Yousif tells The National Abdelbasit Hamza was freed from jail by Al Burhan

      MENANovember 24, 2025
      Palestinians carry an injured man to hospital after Israeli strikes. AFP
      Hamas leaders in Egypt for talks on second phase of Trump's Gaza plan

      Senior members to discuss disarmament and formation of committee to run postwar Gaza with Egyptian mediators

      MENANovember 23, 2025
      Displaced women queuing for aid at a displacement camp in Al Dabba, Sudan. Reuters
      Sudan's Al Burhan welcomes Trump's pledge to end war after rejecting truce

      US President's planned push for peace brings him face-to-face with conflict rooted in power struggle and ethnic rivalries

      MENANovember 20, 2025
      Displaced people from North Kordofan take shelter in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, on November 10. AFP
      RSF increases attacks on army-held territory in Sudan's Kordofan

      Emboldened by capturing El Fasher in Darfur last month, the paramilitary is seeking to secure the entire west

      MENANovember 19, 2025
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