The latest signing of a tripartite cooperation program deal between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus will strengthen military coordination between the three states and allow them to act together in the face of threats in the Eastern Mediterranean, military and political analysts in Cairo said.

Since 2014, dozens of Sinai’s Bedouin tribesmen known for working as informants for the Egyptian military have been executed amid a lack of official protection

Egypt’s Armed Forces spokesperson Tamer al-Refai on Tuesday uploaded a video on Facebook showing the “Nisor al-Nile Two” (Nile Eagles-Two) maneuvers between Egyptian and Sudanese forces.

The Egyptian and Sudanese Air Forces are carrying out a number of intensive training activities, on Wednesday, as part of the joint Nile Eagles – 2 training, according to a military spokesperson statement.

Egypt prepares to open a naval base on the Mediterranean, near its border with Libya, as the populous country is trying to protect itself against unrest in the neighboring country, assert its control over its maritime boundaries and safeguard its economic interests.

It seems Italy has insisted on carrying on with arms deals with Egypt despite the tensions that have marked their bilateral relations following the 2016 death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.

A leading member of the Islamic State group’s Sinai affiliate was killed last week, according to Arabic media reports. Salim Salmi Saeed Al-Hamadin was killed on Sunday evening in a joint operation by the Egyptian military and local tribal forces, local sources told Sky News Arabia.

Joint Egyptian-French maritime training exercises, entitled “Cleopatra 2021”, commenced on Monday, in the range of the Northern Fleet’s theatre of operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egyptian naval forces carried out a joint exercise with US naval forces in the Red Sea on Thursday, with the participation of the Egyptian frigate Sharm El-Sheikh 

The ability of grassroots movements to mobilize and sustain protests created an unexpected opening for political transition in Sudan and Algeria in the course of 2019.