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[^3]\n\nGerman Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in August 2025 that examination of the equipment and intelligence findings established Russian involvement in the failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where a drone carrying an explosive device was found on August 4 near Ukrainian cargo planes. [^4]\n\nUS Central Command said American forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets after accusing Iran of attempting attacks against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and US personnel in the region. [^5]\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that external interference in the Middle East should be opposed. [^6]\n\nXi Jinping stated that China opposes external interference in the Middle East and urged regional countries to strengthen peace and security dialogues to determine their own destinies. [^7]\n\nXi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, visited Egypt for a state visit and met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Al-Ittihadya Presidential Palace in Cairo on 2026-04-02. [^8]\n\nTehran accused Washington of committing a war crime after a U.S. missile strike hit a wedding party in southern Iran, killing at least four people and injuring around 68 others. [^9]\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Egypt on September 1, 2026, for a three-day state visit that coincides with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. [^10]\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on September 1, 2026, for a three-day visit, marking his first trip to Egypt in a decade and his first to the Middle East since visiting Saudi Arabia in 2022. [^11]\n\nWith oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz disrupted by the US-Iran war, the Suez Canal, controlled by Egypt, has become an important alternative route for getting energy supplies out of the region. 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