In the early Cold War, Egypt sought independence and national control of its most important asset—the Suez Canal. This video examines President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s decision to nationalize the ...

In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets ...

This week, 21 months after Gamal Abdel Nasser’s seizure of the Universal Suez Canal Co., the issue of compensating its owners approached settlement by due process of law and due pressure of power ...

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 not the Suez ...

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 Egyptian ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: For Britain, the Suez Canal was a symbol of imperial prestige, as well as a lifeline to its bases in the Middle East and Persian Gulf. For the French, the issue was ...

Nasser was 38 when he became president of Egypt in 1956. He nationalized the Suez Canal and championed the pan-Arab cause, becoming one of the world's most prominent anti-imperialist figures by the ...

A newly-uttered defiance by Egypt cast gloom today over the United Nations on the eve of Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold’s arrival in Cairo for a new effort to tackle the most recent ...

In 1956, Britain and France saw Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser as a growing threat to their influence in the Middle East and beyond. Israel, worried by Egypt’s military strength, quietly joined ...

Foreign Minister Abba Eban said yesterday that the May Day speech of President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt had strengthened Israel’s resolve to fortify itself along the Suez Canal cease-fire line. Col ...

In part two of our special historical series this summer, we examine the Suez crisis of 1956. Ever since Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced his plans to nationalise the Suez Canal, the UK ...