Saudi Arabia’s focus on Iranian containment is pushing it to seek Egypt’s military help in Yemen.
Mohamed El-Shewy is a freelance writer and analyst based in Germany. His research interests lie in transitional justice, authoritarianism, social movements, and democratization studies. From 2012 to 2015, he was a transitional justice researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in Cairo. He holds a masters in human rights from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Saudi Arabia’s focus on Iranian containment is pushing it to seek Egypt’s military help in Yemen.
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