Egypt and Saudi Arabia: No Divorce Pending in a "Dysfunctional Marriage"

Relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia – a key feature of the Middle Eastern political landscape and a pillar of Arab security – took another body blow on January 16 when Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court rejected Cairo’s plan to transfer control over two uninhabited, but strategically located, Red Sea islands to Riyadh.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia: No Divorce Pending in a "Dysfunctional Marriage"
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, right, stands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Cairo, April 8, 2016. (Mohamed Abd El Moatey, Egyptian Presidency via AP)

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