Limits on U.S. visibility come as the Pentagon considers pulling out of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula altogether.

The Italian government is considering the approval of a new arms deal with Egypt whereby the latter would receive frigates, jets including Eurofighter Typhoons and a military satellite, La Republica has reported.

Egypt felt betrayed in 2013 when the US decided to freeze the supply of its Apache helicopters to Cairo amid its fight against terrorism, says an Egyptian expert. Since then, the nation has learned from its past mistakes and decided to diversify its sources of military equipment reaching out to …

The Egyptian military says it has killed at least 19 fighters during security operations in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, which also resulted in five casualties among troops.

Egypt’s president pardoned on Saturday thousands of prisoners including a former policeman jailed over killing a Lebanese pop diva more than a decade ago, according to the official gazette.

Russian media outlets have speculated the sanctions that the US might impose on Egypt in the event that it acquires the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter, as Washington has previously threatened.

Egypt’s military said on Friday that seven suspected militants were killed in a raid carried out as part of its operations against insurgents in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

The US State Department approved the $2.3 billion sale of 43 refurbished Apache helicopters to Egypt’s military on Thursday, specifically citing Cairo’s fight against Islamic State insurgents in the Sinai Peninsula as among the two countries’ mutual interests. The State Department previously greenlit the sale of 10 Apaches to Egypt in November …

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified on Friday controversial amendments to the emergency law giving himself and the armed forces additional powers to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Attacks against the Egyptian army in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula often occur during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.