Drones… The Saudi-Egyptian War!? (2/2)

As I See

Adel El-Baz

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In the first attack on Port Sudan on May 4, 2025, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs quickly condemned the strikes that targeted infrastructure and vital facilities in Port Sudan and Kassala in eastern Sudan, describing these acts as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
And at dawn on Tuesday, May 6, Egypt again condemned the new attack, calling it a serious escalation.
But is this all Egypt can and is willing to do, or can it do more to stop the chaos brewing in its strategic depth?
Why should Egypt take a firmer stance with concrete actions?
Certainly not for the sake of echoing poetic slogans about shared history, struggle, or the Nile River—however noble these may be—but for Egypt’s own interests. How so?

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Egypt has long described Sudan as its strategic depth—what does that mean?
It means Sudan is Egypt’s first line of defense in terms of security and water, as all Egyptian historical, military, and political literature has long asserted.
Is this strategic depth now under threat?
There is only one answer: Yes.
Egypt’s strategic depth is now facing an unprecedented threat—how so?

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Reliable security and press reports indicate that the drones that struck Port Sudan yesterday and today were launched from the Al-Atrun Oasis. Where is this oasis?
It is located in the desert in northern North Darfur state, where a military base previously used by militias is now used by the UAE as a launchpad for its military operations against Sudan. This includes drone strikes that have targeted Port Sudan, Kassala, and other cities over the past two days.
The UAE-backed militia announced in April 2025 that it had taken control of the Al-Atrun area, near the borders with Libya and Chad.
The distance from Al-Atrun to the High Dam is approximately 1,200 kilometers, and it is only about 2,000 kilometers from Cairo. The distance from Al-Atrun to Port Sudan is also around 1,200 kilometers.
Additionally, the Bosaso base in Puntland, Somalia, is approximately 1,200 kilometers southeast of Port Sudan.
This means that drones capable of covering the distance from Al-Atrun to Port Sudan can also easily reach the High Dam.
It also means that UAE drones, disguised under the banner of the militia, can reach Cairo itself (2,000 kilometers away).
Surely, Cairo is aware that Houthi drones have penetrated deep into Tel Aviv.
Is there a greater threat to Egypt’s national security—from within its own strategic depth—than this?
Greater than leaving a hostile and reckless enemy entrenched behind Egypt, in a region that had been secure for centuries since the Kingdom of Kush conquered Egypt in the 8th century BCE, during the reign of King Piye (around 730 BCE)?
From then until the era of Bashir (the Islamist “king” who fought alongside Arabian Peninsula rulers to protect the Holy Land), Egypt’s rear had been safe—no betrayal, no gunfire, no daggers.
And why not? Egypt is the heart of our history and the constant object of our love.
Now, a modern-day Muhammad Ali Pasha—or rather, the Gulf Pashas of Zionist influence—are trying to threaten Egypt from the rear, using their bashibazouks (militia of the Dagalo clan), just as Muhammad Ali Pasha once tried to conquer all of Africa with such forces.
And Egypt sees this with its own eyes—so what is it waiting for?
As Al-Mutanabbi once said while in Egypt:
“The least of struggles is the one you’ve already faced,
And the lightest of ailments is the one you know the cure for.”

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Can Egypt really trust the UAE (its rulers, not its people)?
The UAE now hides behind its Janjaweed militia, dragging with it the Zionists in the Abraham Accords cart.
Has there been an Arab state not betrayed by the UAE regime?
It tore apart Yemen, split Libya, dismembered Somalia into fragmented regions, leaving Greater Somalia in ruins!
It helped destroy Gaza and annihilate its people in alliance with the Zionists, aborted Tunisia’s revolution, and now has knives turning inside Algeria. As for Sudan, it was not enough for UAE rulers to fund genocide and kill its people—now their drones are destroying the country’s assets far and wide, despite the Sudanese having never wronged or harmed them.
The Sudanese people have always held love for the Emiratis, but the UAE rulers have no loyalty to any people, land, or bond of brotherhood.
So how, in God’s name, can Egypt trust rulers whose nature is betrayal?

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We do not blame Egypt for failing to act for Sudan—rather, we blame it for not doing enough for itself.
We have seen how Egypt’s security can be threatened from Al-Atrun…
Now, let us consider how Egypt’s economy could be threatened if the Red Sea is set ablaze.
The Suez Canal is a major source of foreign currency for Egypt, accounting for around 10% of global trade.
In 2023, the canal generated record revenues of $10.25 billion.
In 2024, canal revenues dropped sharply by 61%, falling to about $3.99 billion. This decline was due to regional tensions, especially in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi attacks on ships led many shipping lines to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, halving the number of vessels passing through the canal.
According to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, these challenges cost Egypt about $7 billion in lost canal revenues in 2024.

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Thus, Egypt—already facing a well-known economic crisis—is experiencing a severe shortage in the resources contributed by the Suez Canal to its economy.
So what would happen if maritime traffic in the Red Sea stopped or was disrupted?
Unfortunately, Egypt’s enemies are betting on this crisis, hoping it worsens, and are actively working to deepen it by fueling conflict in the Red Sea. They assume that an economically strangled Egypt will submit to their management and sell its position on the war in Sudan in exchange for financial blackmail.
But they do not realize that the people of Egypt have never—and will never—submit to anyone but God.
No matter how tight things get, Egyptians do not sell themselves or their values for money.
But these newcomers to politics and history do not understand Egypt’s greatness—because they have never read it.

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Once more, and finally: given all this… what is Egypt waiting for? Not to save Sudan, but to save itself.
Egypt is facing existential threats—security-wise, economically, and nationally.
Has Egypt not heard the warlord threatening to invade it?
Has it not heard militia thugs and rogues threatening to strike the High Dam, now within reach of their drones, under the command of UAE-backed Janjaweed?

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This, Egypt, is not Sudan’s war—it is the war of every free person in the world, every revolutionary who refuses blackmail and betrayal, and every people who won’t mortgage their will for a few dirhams.
This is a war to reinforce the historical march of great nations, and it is a war in which drones—no matter their range or harm—will never defeat the people.
They may hurt us, but only a little.
And God prevails over His affairs…
So, Egypt—will you?