A Hidden Egyptian–Saudi Conflict

Last May, when the US–Gulf summit in Riyadh ignored inviting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, it appeared that something was troubling relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. And when the Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was absent from the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit last month, it became clear to everyone that tensions between Riyadh and Cairo were at their peak. Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdel Aaty, denies claims of tension in relations between the two countries, stressing that “Egypt and Saudi Arabia are the two wings of the Arab and Islamic nations, and the relationship between them is certainly solid, rooted in ties of kinship and in historical and everlasting bonds.” However, he acknowledged a few days ago, in […]