Egypt, Saudi Arabia and restoring red lines

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

The position announced by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi regarding the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia constitutes a remarkable development in the current crisis, which transcends Yemen’s borders to form a regional crisis that has lived for decades on the embers of successive Iranian coups. There is no surprise in this position: Egypt is a major Arab state that cannot abdicate its role in defending national security and its direct interests. It is no exaggeration to say that Egypt and Saudi Arabi