{"id":47957,"date":"2025-05-06T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=47957"},"modified":"2025-05-06T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:20:14","slug":"drones-the-saudi-egyptian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/drones-the-saudi-egyptian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones… the Saudi-Egyptian War!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I See<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adil Al-Baz<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. When the UAE despaired of winning the war on the ground, it now seeks a strategic shift by introducing advanced drones into the battlefield\u2014drones that are not accessible to rebels but only to state actors. Thus, the UAE is no longer just financing the war; it is actively waging it, openly and publicly, even in the skies.<\/p>\n

2. The drones that attacked Port Sudan yesterday, striking the \u201cFlamingo\u201d base and army depots, and then again this morning targeting petroleum storage facilities in Port Sudan, are reportedly launched from the east\u2014from the sea\u2014specifically from the UAE’s Bosaso base in \u201cSomaliland\u201d (the breakaway region from Somalia). International reports have confirmed that this base is now used for arming militias, replacing \u201cUm Jaras\u201d in Chad after it was exposed and placed under international surveillance. Yesterday, videos circulated showing a Kenyan \u201cIlyushin\u201d aircraft arriving at the Bosaso base carrying Colombian mercenaries headed for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the Puntland military base.<\/p>\n

3. Rear Admiral Mahjoub Bushra, commander of the Red Sea Military Region, revealed alarming details during an official briefing to diplomatic missions in Port Sudan. He accused the UAE of launching the terrorist drone attacks from military bases outside Sudan\u2019s borders. He stated: \u201cTechnical and intelligence data analyzed after shooting down the drones clearly indicate they came from the east, from the direction of the Red Sea\u2014not from the west or inland.\u201d He added that this \u201cstrongly suggests the attack originated from one of the UAE\u2019s military bases in Somali secessionist areas, such as Puntland or Somaliland.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Prior to the Sudanese army\u2019s conclusion via Rear Admiral Bushra, speculation suggested the drones had come from the \u201cAl-\u2018Atrun\u201d area near the Libyan-Sudanese border. The attacks were believed to involve coordination between short-range kamikaze drones launched from within 300 km of Port Sudan and a strategic drone with a range of up to 2,000 km.
\nOf course, Sudan will not remain passive or tolerate UAE aggression for long. Once Sudan responds, the Red Sea will undoubtedly flare up.
\nThe increasing use of strategic drones represents a new element in the war, threatening to widen the conflict and transform the Red Sea from a safe commercial corridor into a battleground of unconventional technological warfare. This low-cost military escalation enables parties like the Houthis or Sudan to carry out significant attacks without massive resources or direct troop involvement. Whether launched from boats in the Red Sea or from the Puntland base, the drones mark a dangerous turning point in the Sudan-UAE war\u2014posing a serious threat to international navigation in the Red Sea, a vital passageway through which 13% of global trade flows. Now it is threatened by both the Houthis and the UAE.<\/p>\n

5. Saudi Arabia is now directly involved in the war due to Red Sea security concerns. The Red Sea is of utmost strategic importance to Saudi Arabia, with 70% of its trade passing through it\u2014along with 13% of global trade.
\nThus, it was notable that the statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the drone attacks on Port Sudan included, for the first time, an important reference:
\n\u201cThese acts represent a threat to regional stability and the national security of both Arab and African nations.\u201d
\nNow Saudi Arabia faces two options to deal with this serious security and trade threat:
\nFirst: To pressure the UAE\u2014using its known and proven methods\u2014to halt any actions that threaten the Red Sea\u2019s security, including the cessation of drone attacks on any part of its shores, including all Sudanese coastal areas. Saudi Arabia is obligated to take this stance, as what is happening constitutes a direct threat to its security and economy.
\nSecond: To assist Sudan in defeating the rebellion and defending itself by providing it with effective means to protect its security, borders, and airspace.<\/p>\n

6. Sudan will not be the biggest loser if the Red Sea ignites. Sudan\u2019s trade\u2014its imports and exports\u2014barely reached $6 billion at its peak, and currently doesn\u2019t exceed $2 billion.
\nBy contrast, Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil and non-oil exports generate roughly $1 billion USD in daily revenue.
\nEgypt too will be among the biggest losers if conflict erupts in the Red Sea, as we\u2019ll explore in the next part of this article.<\/p>\n

To be continued…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I See Adil Al-Baz 1. When the UAE despaired of winning the war on the ground, it now seeks a strategic shift by introducing advanced drones into the battlefield\u2014drones that are not accessible to rebels but only to state actors. Thus, the UAE is no longer just financing the war; it is actively waging …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47958,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47957\/revisions\/47958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}