Abu Marzouk did not mention the names of the Arab countries that reportedly approached Abbas.

"The issue is do we agree on what steps are going to be taken mutually," he told Reuters.

The comments came nearly eight months after a stockpile of chemicals detonated in Beirut, killing nearly 200 people in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record.

Should the efforts fail, the US Navy is willing to send help should Cairo seek it, Reuters reported.

Recent days have seen Turkish, Russian and Syrian Assad regime attacks in the region, leaving damage and dead civilians in their wake.

Hospitals in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan packed far beyond capacity.

With some $400 million an hour lost in international trade and some 240 ships now waiting to cross, the blockage is a global problem.

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has arrived in Abu Dhabi as part of a deployment that France says is committed to “freedom of navigation.”

While not everything is known about the recent pattern of attacks, what is clear is that it is a series of strikes aimed at oil and energy facilities linked to Aramco using drones and missiles.

This comes amid a push to help repair strained ties with Egypt.

The 188th Armored Brigade drill included different exercises in which it was joined by other forces, including infantry, artillery and IAF helicopters.

“We, the Iranian athletes, call on the Olympics to ban the entry of the president of the Iranian NOC from attending the Tokyo 2020"

"This unique virtual event creates a new platform to connect between young and talented entrepreneurs from our nations," said Erel Margalit.

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Mohammad Dahlan, who was expelled from Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction in 2011 after a fallout with the PA president, has since been living in the United Arab Emirates.

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: This flurry of Middle East-related Russian diplomatic activity is noteworthy because it reflects Moscow’s multi-faceted approach to the region.

"Democrats and Republicans may have tactical differences, but we are united on preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon and addressing the wide range of Iranian behavior."

Israel has donated 5,000 doses to the PA and vaccinated over 100,000 Palestinians who work within sovereign Israel and in its settlements.

As the ship sailed between Indian and Oman, it was hit by a missile that damaged it.

The increase in Iranian supplies has partly contributed to a drop in Brent crude prices from $70 a barrel in mid-March.

the UN expert on summary killings, has said that a Saudi official threatened at a Jan. 2020 meeting in Geneva that she would be "taken care of" if she was not reined in following her investigation.