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Egypt prolongs role in Saudi-led Yemen coalition
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a graduation ceremony of the Navy and Air Force academies in Cairo. (Reuters)

By AFP, Cairo
Saturday, 1 August 2015

Egypt extended Saturday its participation in the Saudi-led Arab coalition carrying out airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi militia group in Yemen for another six months, the presidency said.

“The National Defense Council agreed to prolong the participation of (Egyptian) troops engaged in a combat mission” in the Gulf, the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a statement said.

At the beginning of May, the authorities renewed the mandate by three months, and Saturday’s statement said the current one will “last for six months, or until the end of the combat mission” if that happens first.

It said the purpose of the mission was to “defend Egyptian and Arab national security.”

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has previously said that Cairo’s objective is to secure navigation in the Red Sea and through the strategic strait, which gives access to the Suez Canal, a key source of revenue.

Egyptian air forces have been involved in the coalition since the first strikes were launched on March 26 against the Houthis who have seized much of Yemen’s territory.

Last Update: Saturday, 1 August 2015 KSA 21:24 - GMT 18:24
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/08/01/Egypt-extends-for-6-months-military-mandate-in-Gulf-Red-Sea.html
 
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Saudi citizen killed in Yemen border shelling
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In this Tuesday, April 21, 2015 file photo, Saudi soldiers stand on top of armor vehicles, on the border with Yemen at a military point in Najran, Saudi Arabia. (File photo: AP)

By Reuters | Cairo
Sunday, 2 August 2015

A Saudi citizen was killed in shelling fired across the border from Yemen into the southwest of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the official PA news agency reported.

A shell fell on a house around dawn in Najran province, civil defense department spokesman Ali bin Omair al-Shahran was quoted as saying.

SPA did not say who carried out the shelling, but Houthi militias and forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh have carried out similar attacks since war erupted in Yemen four months ago.

A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile.

Last Update: Sunday, 2 August 2015 KSA 11:54 - GMT 08:54
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/08/02/Saudi-citizen-killed-in-Yemen-border-shelling.html
 
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