Egypt
On December 28, Egypt denied reports alleging that Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty was planning to visit Damascus in the coming days. The statement came in response to Syrian media claims that Abdelatty would meet Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, following Turkey's mediation efforts, according to al-Ahram. “There is no planned trip to Syria at this stage,” a source close to the matter told Ahram Online. While several Arab countries have already…
