Egypt confirms military presence in Saudi Arabia, plans to strengthen defensive deployment

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has confirmed that Egyptian military personnel have been stationed in Saudi Arabia for several months and that Cairo is working to reinforce the deployment to help the kingdom defend against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi movement. Speaking in an English-language interview with France 24 broadcast Monday, Abdelatty disclosed the previously unannounced military presence, two weeks after Egypt’s parliament authorized President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide defensive support to Saudi Arabia. “We already have a military presence there, at the request of our brothers and sisters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia… and we are working to bolster that,” Abdelatty said. He explained that the deployment began several months earlier, following attacks against Saudi Arabia during a […]