Closing of Bab el-Mandab strait poses direct threat to Egypt’s national security: Emad Adib:
He reiterated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call for a “Unified Arab Command,” launched in 2014, arguing that if Arab armies trained according to a unified system and with standardized weaponry, Arab states would possess a rapid intervention force similar to NATO, capable of addressing crises in the region.
- ▪He reiterated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call for a “Unified Arab Command,” launched in 2014, arguing that if Arab armies trained according to a unified system and with standardized weaponry, Arab states would possess a rapid
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Facebook X LinkedIn Egyptian media fire and writer Emad Eddin Adib warned that any threat to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait constitutes a direct threat to Egyptian national security. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956513490-0'); }); During his Friday interview on the “al-Hekaya” (The Story) program on MBC Masr, Adib said that closing Bab el-Mandeb would mean that Iran is “dragging Egypt into the conflict.” This would have severe strategic and economic repercussions for Egypt, primarily impacting Suez Canal revenues.
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