Egypt Says Won't Stand Idle in Libya if Security is Threatened

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with the Libyan tribal leaders. Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with the Libyan tribal leaders. Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page
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Egypt Says Won't Stand Idle in Libya if Security is Threatened

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with the Libyan tribal leaders. Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with the Libyan tribal leaders. Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page

Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday.

Tribal leaders who flew in from Libya’s Benghazi told Sisi at a meeting in Cairo that they authorized him and the Egyptian army to intervene in their country "to protect Libyan sovereignty", the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

"Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any moves that pose a direct threat to the national security, not only the Egyptian and Libyan, but also the Arab, regional and international ones," he added.

The meeting between Sisi and the tribal leaders took place a day after the Libyan parliament urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libya's civil war and ward off Turkey’s threat.

Turkey has sent fighters to back Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) against the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar.



UK PM Starmer Recalls Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan 

US President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) arrive at the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. (EPA)
US President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) arrive at the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. (EPA)
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UK PM Starmer Recalls Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan 

US President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) arrive at the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. (EPA)
US President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) arrive at the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. (EPA)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza and a proposed peace plan as he comes under mounting pressure from his own party to recognize a Palestinian state.

Starmer has taken the rare step of recalling his cabinet during the summer holidays to discuss how to deliver more humanitarian aid to Gaza.

In a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Scotland on Monday, Starmer discussed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza and what he called the "revolting" humanitarian crisis.

Britain is working on the plan with France and Germany after a call between the leaders of the three countries last week.

Starmer has not shared details of the plan, but over the weekend he compared the proposals to the "coalition of the willing", the international effort to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire in its war with Russia.

Starmer's spokesman said he would discuss the plan with other international allies and countries in the Middle East.

War has raged in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas for the past 22 months. Israel has been facing growing international criticism, which its government rejects, over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

With warnings people in Gaza are facing starvation, growing numbers of lawmakers in Starmer's Labor Party want him to recognize a Palestinian state to put pressure on Israel.

British foreign minister David Lammy will attend a United Nations conference in New York on Tuesday to urge support for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

Successive British governments have said they will formally recognize a Palestinian state when the time is right, without ever setting a timetable or specifying the necessary conditions.

The issue has come to the fore after President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France would recognize Palestine as a state.

Starmer has so far rejected plans to immediately recognize a Palestinian state, saying he was focused on "practical solutions".

Last week, more than 200 British members of parliament from nine parties signed a letter Friday calling for an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state.