Egypt faces a diplomatic crisis as its refusal to join the US-Israeli coalition against Iran alienates key Gulf allies Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
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Facing a 95% reduction in Israeli gas and a Qatari LNG crisis, Egypt maneuvers as an indispensable but financially desperate mediator.
The “America First” strategy faces a reckoning as Houthi leverage over the Red Sea threatens to turn a localized conflict into a global inflationary spiral that no military mission has yet been able to solve.
Egypt anchors LNG exports. Israel supplies incremental gas. Cyprus offers future potential. Flexibility, not scale, is the strategic value.
Iraq loses up to $280 million daily. A pipeline through Jordan to Egypt’s Mediterranean coast would bypass Hormuz and Red Sea vulnerabilities.
“The decision to end the conflict ultimately rests with three key non-Arab actors: the United States, Israel, and Iran.”
Egypt reels: pound plunges, Suez losses, gas halted, oil at $120—economy near emergency.
The Iran war is shaking Egypt’s economy; Suez revenues have plummeted and gas supplies are halted.
A $35 billion gas deal is signed, but a summit is impossible; Sisi refuses to legitimize Netanyahu after Gaza.
Egypt is waging a quiet diplomatic campaign to prevent a U.S.-Iran war, leveraging contacts with regional and international actors.