Egypt in the News on 10 October 2018

How slow a news day is it? Bad enough that we’re reduced to picking up a piece that states the obvious to anyone who has read Enterprise over the past four years: Egypt is diversifying its sources of military hardware to include Russia and France and ensure it is not overly dependent on the US, its traditional supplier, according to Stratfor Worldview. The US’ decision to cut military aid to Egypt drove home the point that Egypt must source its arms from several countries to avoid “the prospect of becoming hostage to US demands.”