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19.10.26 - 04:39
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Egypt Approves Troop Deployment In Support Of Saudi Arabia (ZeroHedge)
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Egypt Approves Troop Deployment In Support Of Saudi Arabia
Via The Cradle
Egypt announced on Sunday that it has approved the deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia on a "defensive mission" to help the kingdom protect itself from the retaliatory military operations carried out by the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF).
The Egyptian House of Representatives held "an emergency session to discuss the President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces' decision to send military forces to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a defensive mission," said MP Mostafa Bakry.
Source: Egyptian Presidency"The National Defense Council, chaired by the president, concluded its meeting and approved the deployment of the forces and the mission assigned to them," he added.
He said that "Egypt has never abandoned its pan-Arab role in protecting Arab national security. For us, Saudi Arabia is part of Egypt's own national security, and any threat to its security and stability is...
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18.10.26 - 00:06
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Egypt′s Sisi Declares His Presidency Will End In 2030 (ZeroHedge)
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Egypt's Sisi Declares His Presidency Will End In 2030
Via Middle East Eye
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared that his presidential term will end in 2030 and that the question of his departure from office is now "settled and will not be discussed".
Sisi, 71, said on Saturday during a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy that "the Egyptian constitution would not be touched". He is currently serving a six-year term.
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (source: Russian Information Office)"The year 2030 will mark the end of my presidential term. This matter is completely settled," Sisi said.
"I will not leave the Egyptian state until it is brimming with its own people capable of shouldering responsibility."
The president added that the military academy was creating a new generation of leaders.
Sisi came to power in 2013 after leading a military coup that deposed Egypt's first democratically elected president, Moham...
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