Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei welcomed "Egypt's desire" to resume diplomatic relations with his country, during his meeting with the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, in Iran on Monday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's criticism of the recent military coup and the brutal crackdown on protesters in Egypt has sparked an angry diplomatic row between Ankara and Cairo. Some feel Turkey risks isolating itself in the region. Erdogan aide Ibrahim Kalin, on the other hand, prefers to speak of "precious loneliness". Ayhan Simsek has the details