Egypt said to withdraw from US-backed anti-Iran ‘Arab NATO’
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(Worthy News) – Egypt has pulled out of a planned Arab defensive alliance intended to unite Sunni Arab nations against Shiite Iran’s influence in the region, a source in Cairo said Thursday.
The last meeting of the US-backed Middle East Security Alliance (MESA) was held Sunday in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Egypt did not send a delegation, the Reuters news service reported. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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