Thank you for your reading and interest in the news Egypt holds war games in Mediterranean as Turkey declares military intervention and now with detailsHind Al Soulia - Riyadh - Egypt says it has staged large-scale naval war games in the Mediterranean, throwing into the drills some of its most valuable and recent acquisitions, including a French-made helicopter carrier and a German-made submarine. It is the second Egyptian war games in less than a month, reflecting Egypt’s desire to send a message of deterrence to Turkey, where parliament on Thursday authorised the dispatch of troops to fight alongside the militant groups linked to the Tripoli government against Haftar’s forces. Thursday’s meeting of Egypt’s National Security Council, according to the statement, “adopted a package of measures on all levels to counter any threat to Egyptian national security." "What takes place in Libya impacts on Egypt’s national security," he has said. In a related development, Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned the Turkish parliament's approval of a military deployment to Libya.

Source: Libya Today January 05, 2020 17:36 UTC