{"id":60477,"date":"2026-02-03T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=60477"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:33:19","slug":"saudi-writer-al-ansari-reveals-hidden-dimensions-of-the-confrontation-cairo-and-riyadh-move-militarily-to-deter-emirati-overreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/saudi-writer-al-ansari-reveals-hidden-dimensions-of-the-confrontation-cairo-and-riyadh-move-militarily-to-deter-emirati-overreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Writer Al-Ansari Reveals \u201cHidden Dimensions of the Confrontation\u201d: Cairo and Riyadh Move Militarily to Deter Emirati Overreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a controversial investigative piece titled <em>\u201cTen Stabs from Abu Dhabi in Cairo\u2019s Back,\u201d<\/em> Saudi international relations researcher Salman Al-Ansari published an article on January 26, 2026, revealing what he described as dramatic shifts in the regional landscape, reaching the level of direct but undeclared military confrontation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Incidents of Strikes and Deterrence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the start of his article, Al-Ansari details an incident on January 9, 2026, in which Egyptian forces reportedly struck Emirati weapons and armored vehicles in the \u201cborder triangle\u201d linking Egypt, Sudan, and Libya. The writer says the Egyptian move was a strong deterrence message, coming just ten days after Saudi forces reportedly took a similar step on December 30, 2025, targeting Emirati military reinforcements at Yemen\u2019s Mukalla port.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Narrative of the \u201cTen Stabs\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Al-Ansari goes on to argue that relations between Cairo and Abu Dhabi have never been as harmonious as publicly portrayed, accusing the latter of what he described as \u201cpolitical manipulation.\u201d He claims Abu Dhabi delivered a series of strategic \u201cstabs\u201d to Cairo over the past decade, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Supporting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: By injecting billions of dollars into Ethiopia to protect a project that threatens Egypt\u2019s water security.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fragmenting the Neighborhood: By supporting the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan and undermining Somali sovereignty, which he says prompted Mogadishu to cancel its agreements with the UAE on January 12, 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strangling the Canal: By attempting to dominate maritime corridors from Bab al-Mandeb to East Africa to threaten the strategic standing of the Suez Canal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Soft Penetration: Through media networks and funding efforts aimed at diminishing Egyptian sovereign decision-making.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Economics as a Tool of Leverage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>From an economic perspective, Al-Ansari argues that major projects such as Ras El-Hekma shifted from investment deals into what he described as a form of \u201cinsurance policy\u201d or political leverage, used by Abu Dhabi to neutralize Egypt\u2019s position toward its regional actions \u2014 something he claims Cairo has recognized, prompting it to draw practical red lines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Al-Ansari concludes with an optimistic outlook, stating that the \u201ctwo wings\u201d (Egypt and Saudi Arabia) have finally spread their wings to protect Arab national security. He describes the current conflict as an inevitable clash between the concept of the \u201csovereign state\u201d and the \u201cfunctional state,\u201d which he characterizes as acting as an agent for narrow interests. He added that the era of Egyptian silence in the face of threats to national security is over.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a controversial investigative piece titled \u201cTen Stabs from Abu Dhabi in Cairo\u2019s Back,\u201d Saudi international relations researcher Salman Al-Ansari published an article on January 26, 2026, revealing what he described as dramatic shifts in the regional landscape, reaching the level of direct but undeclared military confrontation. Incidents of Strikes and Deterrence At the start &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60477","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=60477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60478,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60477\/revisions\/60478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}