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With 50 mountain lakes to be built, a project to harvest rainwater and protect against floods in Wadi Firan in South Sinai

Wadi Firan, Egypt ·

South Sinai is a mountainous region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where sudden flash floods sometimes run down its narrow mountain valleys after heavy rain.

Latest stories on the map (last 6 hours)

  1. Saudi ambassador to Washington calls for international coalition to confront Houthis, modelled on the campaign against 'ISIS'

    Saudi Arabia · · Diplomacy · Developing · 2 sources

  2. Netanyahu's Likud asks election committee to extend voting hours

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 6 sources

  3. Trump peddles fresh falsehoods, claims Iran 'started the war' as US aggression drags on

    Tehran, Iran · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  4. Yemen strikes Saudi oil refinery, targets military aircraft in retaliatory operations

    Rabigh, Saudi Arabia · · Strike · Claim · 1 source

  5. Iran's security chief meets Yemen's ambassador after regional summit

    Iran · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  6. Israeli Election Turnout Hits Historic High as Netanyahu Alleges Fraud and Violence Mars Voting

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 10 sources

  7. Reuters: Houthis in Yemen announce attacking Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defence in Riyadh, with no confirmation from the kingdom

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · · Strike · Confirmed · 14 sources

  8. Israelis vote in tense election seen as referendum on Netanyahu

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 14 sources

  9. Lina Attalah: reports of her detention after a court session in Egypt

    Cairo, Egypt · · Security · Confirmed · 5 sources

  10. Iran says US ‘not serious’ about talks amid Tehran meeting

    Tehran, Iran · · Diplomacy · Developing · 3 sources

  11. Adly Hussein: Netanyahu's change may reshape the Middle East

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  12. Israel's election committee meets at 19:15 to consider a request from Netanyahu's camp to extend voting

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  13. Amir: Qatar continues its contribution to strengthening global energy security

    Qatar · · Energy · Developing · 3 sources

  14. Jumblatt responds to US State Department: I have the right to give my opinion on the framework agreement

    Lebanon · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  15. Hasakah electricity company rehabilitates the network and returns transformer stations and lines to service

    Hasakah, Syria · · Energy · Claim · 1 source

  16. Funeral begins for victims of Jordanian strikes in Daraa amid official and popular attendance

    Daraa, Syria · · Strike · Confirmed · 5 sources

  17. Sudan's embassy in Paris issues press statement on the first anniversary of the El Fasher massacres

    El Fasher, Sudan · · Diplomacy · Developing · 2 sources

  18. "Resisting the wall and settlement": 13 attacks on farmers, their lands and property today in 4 governorates

    West Bank, Palestine · · Security · Claim · 1 source

  19. Khartoum: there is no famine in Sudan, and we regret the politicisation of the humanitarian situation

    Khartoum, Sudan · · Diplomacy · Confirmed · 4 sources

  20. Israeli army carries out demolitions and burns houses in South Lebanon

    South Lebanon, Lebanon · · Clash · Developing · 2 sources

  21. Death of infant fuels stray dog crisis in Egypt

    Giza, Egypt · · Other · Claim · 1 source

  22. Indonesia secures UAE pledge to supply 30 million barrels of oil

    United Arab Emirates · · Energy · Developing · 2 sources

  23. UN inquiry finds Israel committed age-based persecution of Palestinian children in West Bank

    West Bank, Palestine · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  24. Forecasts that Egypt will hold interest rates for the sixth consecutive time

    Egypt · · Economy · Claim · 1 source

  25. Coalition: air defences intercept and destroy two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi militia toward Riyadh

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · · Interception · Confirmed · 20 sources

  26. Kvaratskhelia undergoes successful cruciate ligament surgery in Doha

    Doha, Qatar · · Other · Claim · 1 source

  27. National News Agency: Israeli army carried out a demolition explosion in the town of Khiam at midnight

    Khiam, Lebanon · · Clash · Developing · 5 sources

  28. Al-Husseini meets Lebanese and Kuwaiti interior ministers in Lebanon.. this is what was discussed

    Lebanon · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  29. Ramaphosa considering report into Iran's unauthorised naval participation

    Tehran, Iran · · Diplomacy · Confirmed · 7 sources

  30. Joint List campaign sources: Arab-community turnout in Israeli elections reached 51% by 6 p.m.

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  31. Head of Iraq's Investment Authority discusses expanding Qatari investment in Iraq in Doha

    Doha, Qatar · · Economy · Claim · 1 source

  32. Relatives of October 7 victims protest outside the Defence Ministry to change the government in Netanyahu's election pain

    Tel Aviv, Israel · · Protest · Claim · 1 source

  33. Jordanian government: the bombing in southern Syria yesterday came after Jordan's patience ran out over terrorist groups' movements and their targeting of national security

    Southern Syria, Syria · · Strike · Developing · 5 sources

  34. Deportation measures reach residents of northern governorates in Aden and al-Dhale

    Aden, Yemen · · Security · Claim · 1 source

  35. Israeli Central Elections Committee: turnout rises to 55.7% by 4 p.m.

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 7 sources

  36. Pakistan's press freedom worsens as journalists unite against censorship, legal harassment

    Islamabad, Pakistan · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  37. TRT World - Ben-Gvir accuses Netanyahu of plotting US-backed unity government without far-right allies

    Israel · · Politics · Developing · 2 sources

  38. Houthis claim to have hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery, defense ministry with ballistic missiles

    Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia · · Strike · Developing · 5 sources

  39. Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei receives Rizai in talks on Hormuz

    Tehran, Iran · · Politics · Developing · 3 sources

  40. UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant IAEA access to verify nuclear material

    Iran · · Diplomacy · Developing · 3 sources

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