In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

The Suez Canal earns Egypt about $5 billion a year ... The army is responsible to Egypt for this," said Sisi. MEMORIES OF NASSER Sisi's allies have likened him to Nasser, the charismatic colonel ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

The Suez Canal Crisis, 50 Years Later In October 1956, British, French and Israeli forces invaded Egypt after Egyptian President Nasser sought to seize control of the Suez Canal. Retired U.N ...

NATIONALIZATION AND WAR In 1956, then-President Gamal Abdel-Nasser nationalized the ... Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, placing the Suez Canal well inside its borders.

When Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser grabbed the Suez Canal 6½ years ago, his bitter enemies in Europe predicted that the big ditch would soon be filled with silt and that untrained ...

CAIRO – EDITOR'S NOTE: In July 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, marking Egypt's decisive break with its colonial past. Before that, the canal, built in ...

Egypt’s Suez Canal, where frantic efforts were being made ... By the time it was nationalised by Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, it was 175km (109 miles) long and 14 metres ...

Fair compensation to Suez Canal Company shareholders ... Four Bullets. All the while, Egypt’s Nasser played his cards adroitly. Determined not to give Britain and France clear justification ...

In his review of “The Determined Spy,” Philip Terzian refers to the “newly nationalized Suez Canal” (Spring Books, April 5). Strictly speaking, Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized ...

The statue was destroyed by Egyptian fighters amid the 1956 Mideast War, when Israeli forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal.

Gamal Abdel Nasser's vision of creating this dam across the Nile River eventually led to the Suez Canal Crisis with Britain, France and Israel until Egypt ultimately took full control. A man of ...