Egypt sends Assad secret arms aid, including missiles, with Russian funding
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi has begun supplying Bashar Assad’s army with weapons, including missiles, after concluding a secret deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin under which Moscow is to pick up the tab, DEBKAfile reveals. The first batch of short-range Egyptian-made surface missiles was delivered to the Syrian forces battling rebels to recover the strategic town of Zabadani. Ukrainian freighters are making the deliveries. The El-Sisi-Putin deal marks a certain parting of the ways between Moscow and Tehran on Syrian policy and signposts their deepening strategic relations.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi has begun supplying Bashar Assad’s army with weapons, including missiles, after concluding a secret deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin under which Moscow is to pick up the tab, DEBKAfile reveals. The first batch of short-range Egyptian-made surface missiles was delivered to the Syrian forces battling rebels to recover the strategic town of Zabadani. Ukrainian freighters are making the deliveries. The El-Sisi-Putin deal marks a certain parting of the ways between Moscow and Tehran on Syrian policy and signposts their deepening strategic relations.