In PM's separate calls to Turkish, Egyptian presidents, leaders note 'major significance' of bilateral relationships to region

Reporters Without Borders says state backing attacks on journalists with the complicity of 'star presenters' and mass media as 'puppets' of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

Mohammed bin Salman to meet Sissi in Cairo before trips to Jordan and Turkey to coordinate positions before US president's visit to the region

Meetings with Sissi and King Abdullah intended to coordinate positions on key issues ahead of joint summit with Biden next month

McGurk, Hochstein make covert trip in effort to finalize transfer of Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia; Israel hopes Riyadh will take steps toward normalization in tandem

Israel's approval needed since Egypt agreed in 1979 peace treaty to demilitarize Tiran and Sanafir; Jerusalem asking Riyadh to take steps toward normalization in exchange

Seven insurgents reportedly dead after attacking Egypt's forces; attack comes days after IS struck a water pumping station in the peninsula

Following clashes on Temple Mount, leaders stress 'readiness to exert all efforts to restore calm in Jerusalem'; call for renewed diplomatic efforts along two-state solution

Ayman Safadi seeks to convene Arab League meeting to address Israeli 'aggression'; Abdullah speaks with Egyptian President on 'provocative Israeli measures' at Al-Aqsa

Facing diplomatic isolation and economic pressure, Erdogan is eager to meet with Bennett; until the PM agrees, he'll settle for winning over Israeli journalists