US EditionEgypt’s Drone Deployment to Border Raises Stakes in Sudan War
Egypt stages advanced Turkish Bayraktar Akinci drones at East Oweinat airstrip to counter Rapid Support Forces advances and secure its southern border, analysts say.
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Egypt's secret drone intervention in Sudan revealed
Egypt is running a secretive military intervention in Sudan. Drones are being flown out of an airbase in the Sahara. Egypt is striking Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targets in support of the Sudanese government. The New York Times (NYT) acquired satellite images of the base, which sits close to the Sudanese border, hidden amid a vast agricultural project: The airstrip sits next to giant crop circles at the edge of the Sahara. Military drones take o…
Egypt’s drone deployment to border raises stakes in Sudan war
The deployment of a powerful model of Turkish combat drone to a remote airstrip on Egypt’s southwestern border signals a sharp escalation in Sudan’s civil war, suggesting one of its largest neighbours is being drawn deeper into the fray, more than a dozen officials and regional experts say. Egypt, which shares the Nile River and a more than 1,200-kilometre frontier with Sudan, has provided staunch political backing to the country’s military in i…
Egypt's military mobility along Sudan's border shows that the civil war has now turned into a security crisis that crosses the country's borders. The deployment and 'red line' messages from Cairo reflected in satellite imagery suggest the conflict is evolving towards a regional reckoning.
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