Egypt Approves Military Support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi Campaign Escalates
🤝 CAIRO — Egypt backs Saudi Arabia, but Suez is Cairo's real card here. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Egypt's approval draws Cairo into an active Houthi front. Egypt controls Suez — Hormuz's western counterpart — giving its alignment weight beyond troop numbers. Houthi missiles already cover the Red Sea corridor; Egyptian entry raises the cost of Houthi escalation but expands Tehran's potential target set westward into North Africa.