The Latest: Egypt calls for world to back Saudi Arabia
(World News Egypt)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Latest on tensions in the Persian Gulf and the fallout after weekend attack on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia (all times local): 7:40 p.m. Egypt`s foreign minister says his country is standing by Saudi Arabia following the weekend attack on major oil sites in the kingdom. Sameh Shoukry is calling on the international community to collectively back Saudi Arabia and identify who was responsible for the attacks on a Saudi oil field and the world`s largest crude oil processing plant. He spoke Tuesday in a press conference in Cairo alongside France`s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Shoukry says Egypt also backs efforts to de-escalate the situation and...