Keeping the Peacekeeping: Why Withdrawing US Troops From Sinai Is a Dangerous Idea
(World News Egypt)

Opinion US President Donald Trump meets with Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the White House in Washington, US, April 9, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque According to recent reports, the US administration is pushing to withdraw its forces from their peacekeeping mission in Egypt`s Sinai Peninsula. The mission, Multinational Force & Observers (MFO), has been deployed since 1981 as part of the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. Understandably, with the focus on COVID-19, the deployment status of 400 troops in the Middle East may not sound like important news. But the risk of such an action, contrary to what some advocates say, may prove fatal to the region and US...