Egypt Stays Aloof from US-Arab Coalition, Opts for Independent Sea-Air Arm
Barring a last-minute change, Egypt’s President Abdul-Fatteh El-Sisi will not attend the forthcoming Riyadh summit on May 22, or join
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Urgent Israeli Navy order for new US coastal craft
The Mediterranean is fast filling up with bigger and more sophisticated warships than ever before, leaving the Israeli Navy lagging
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US Sinai pullback payback for islands handover
The US withdrew its forces from the Sinai Peninsula last weekend in retaliation for Egypt’s transfer of sovereignty over Tiran
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Saudis Round up Egypt and Turkey under Same Umbrella
DEBKA Weekly’s sources in the Persian Gulf report that the Saudis are working hard to set up the bloc consisting
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US-Israeli-Egyptian mobile sensor-fence projects to block further ISIS Mid East expansion
US counter-terror experts are overseeing a lightning operation for setting up mobile sensor towers and electronic fences in Tunisia, Egypt,
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Iranian-Yemeni Houthi Footholds on Red Sea Islands Threaten Saudis, Suez
Jabal al-Tair (literally Bird Mountain Island) is a roughly oval volcanic island northwest of the tight Bab a-Mandab passageway at
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Israeli Drones Boost Egyptian Fight against Islamists’ “Sinai Province”
In stark contrast to its non-participation in the international coalition against ISIS, Egypt is fully engaged in fighting Islamist terror
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Israel and Egypt forewarned of synchronized ISIS-Sinai assaults in both countries
Intelligence gathered by Egypt and Israel attest to the former Ansar Bait al-Maqdis – now reborn as the Islamic State’s
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Islamists Target Jordan’s King Abdullah, Eye Egypt’s El-Sisi and the Suez Canal
The burning alive of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kasaesbeh in an iron cage was not just the crossing of a
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As Kerry met Egyptian and Saudi leaders, planning advanced for a Russian naval base in Egypt
Moscow’s request for a naval base in Egypt submitted last week by a visiting Russian general prompted US Secretary of
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