Middle East Public date: 24.08.2017 23:12:18

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26 Mar 2015

Egypt Says It May Send Troops to Yemen to Fight Houthis

Egypt said Thursday that it was prepared to send troops into Yemen as part of a Saudi-led campaign to drive back the Iranian-backed Houthi advance, signaling the growing likelihood of a protracted ground war on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. A day after Saudi Arabia and a coalition of nine other states began hammering the Houthis with airstrikes and blockading the Yemeni coast, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt said in a statement that the country s navy and air force had joined the campaign and that its army was ready to send ground troops "if necessary."
Egypt said Thursday that it was prepared to send troops into Yemen as part of a Saudi-led campaign to drive back the...

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