Retired general: Egypt arming Syria regime
BEIRUT – A retired Egyptian general known for his opposition to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has accused Cairo of arming the Syrian regime, while rebels have accused the Syrian army of shelling Zabadani with Egyptian-made missiles.
“On July 22, 2015, a Ukrainian merchant ship loaded with weapons and light to intermediate military equipment was sent from our country to the Syrian regime,” retired General Samy Hassan wrote on his Twitter account.
“The operation to send the ship loaded with weapons to Syria was completed with orders from [Egyptian Defense Minister] Colonel General Sedki Sobhi and in coordination with the Syrian Ministry of Defense,” the former officer further claimed.
He did not go into more detail on the purported weapon transfer, which is the latest in a series of accusations he has leveled against the Sisi government. In the fall of 2013, Hassan claimed that Egypt and the UAE were conspiring to overthrow Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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