{"id":573854,"date":"2020-08-19T04:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T04:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/08\/19\/egypt-in-the-news-on-19-august-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-08-19T04:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T04:05:26","slug":"egypt-in-the-news-on-19-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/08\/19\/egypt-in-the-news-on-19-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt in the News on 19 August 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>No single story is dominating the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this<\/strong><strong> morning.<\/strong> On the regional geopolitics side of things, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-53779425\">BBC<\/a> likens Egypt\u2019s potential military intervention in Libya to putting out a fire \u201cin the house next door\u201d in the absence of a fire brigade, while <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/08\/18\/eastern-mediterranean-greece-turkey-warship-geopolitical-showdown\/\">Foreign Policy<\/a> looks at the EastMed showdown between Egypt, Greece, and Turkey. 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