Egypt Authorizes Sisi to Send Military Support to Saudi Arabia

Egypt’s parliament has approved sending military support to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against attacks by Yemen’s Ansar Allah group.

The authorization gives President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi parliamentary backing for military assistance as Saudi Arabia faces renewed missile attacks.

The approval concerns support for the kingdom’s defense. Details of the assistance, including its scale, form and timing, were not specified in the summary of the decision.

Meanwhile, Ansar Allah has threatened to carry out further attacks on Saudi Arabia soon, describing the planned operations as qualitatively different.

The parliamentary move comes as the threat of additional strikes places Saudi Arabia’s security at the center of Egypt’s latest military support decision.