The Egyptian House of Representatives voted yesterday, by a two-thirds majority, in favor of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision to send forces with defense missions to Saudi Arabia. The wording of the parliamentary approval repeated what was previously approved by the National Defense Council, in terms of authorizing the President of the Republic to take the necessary measures to "protect" the kingdom, while avoiding mentioning the "Ansar Allah" movement by name, and emphasized that the actions in which the Egyptian army will participate are "defensive" and for the purposes of "defense" of Saudi Arabia. According to Egyptian sources who spoke to Al-Akhbar, the postponement of the vote came "against the tensions between Cairo and Riyadh over the nature of the required Egyptian military presence and its mechanism, due to the former's commitment not to attack the forces of the Houthi movement or carry out any operations outside Saudi territory", while noting that part of the Saudi army has already reached the Saudi force. The same sources reported that "Saudi Arabia is asking Egypt to deploy forces on the ground, not just forces dedicated to defense", which Cairo does not see as necessary at the moment, since "its participation is mainly limited to defensive missions, without any offensive action against Yemen", according to what Sisi had explicitly declared earlier.

The Egyptian House of Representatives voted yesterday, by a two-thirds majority, in favor of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision to send forces with defense missions to Saudi Arabia. The wording of the parliamentary approval repeated what was previously approved by the National Defense Council, in terms of authorizing the President of the Republic to take the necessary measures to "protect" the kingdom, while avoiding mentioning the "Ansar Allah" movement by name, and emphasized that the actions in which the Egyptian army will participate are "defensive" and for the purposes of "defense" of Saudi Arabia. According to Egyptian sources who spoke to Al-Akhbar, the postponement of the vote came "against the tensions between Cairo and Riyadh over the nature of the required Egyptian military presence and its mechanism, due to the former's commitment not to attack the forces of the Houthi movement or carry out any operations outside Saudi territory", while noting that part of the Saudi army has already reached the Saudi force. The same sources reported that "Saudi Arabia is asking Egypt to deploy forces on the ground, not just forces dedicated to defense", which Cairo does not see as necessary at the moment, since "its participation is mainly limited to defensive missions, without any offensive action against Yemen", according to what Sisi had explicitly declared earlier.