Egypt likely to buy F-15 fighter jets from the US, says Centcom head

Topping coverage on Egypt in the foreign press this morning: The US will likely provide Egypt with F-15 fighter jets, head of US Centcom Gen. Frank McKenzie has said. “I think we have good news in that we're going to provide them with F-15s, which was a long, hard slog,” he told a congressional hearing yesterday. McKenzie didn’t disclose how many of the Boeing aircraft would be sold or when the sale would take place. Reuters and Politico have write-ups of the general’s comments.

Meanwhile: The US should help east Mediterranean countries export gas to Europe to decrease the continent’s reliance on Russian hydrocarbons, an opinion piece in the Hill argues. To do this, Washington needs to support Egypt and Israel to increase their LNG capacity and encourage the UAE and Qatar to invest more in LNG.