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According to Middle East Eye, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said at a military academy graduation ceremony in Egypt that Egypt would take any measures necessary to defend Saudi Arabia if asked, and would act on guidance from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. An X post by @ME_Observer_ reports that Cairo will back any measure Saudi Arabia requests to defend its sovereignty, with no official Egyptian confirmation in the sources.
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Sources disagree on:
- Place: Middle East Eye places the remarks at the Egyptian Military Academy, while the X post gives only Cairo; both are consistent with the same city and do not dispute the incident.
- Wording: the X post frames the pledge as backing any measure Saudi Arabia requests to defend its sovereignty, while Middle East Eye frames it as a commitment if Egypt is asked and omits sovereignty.
- Detail: the Middle East Eye headline refers to an emergency parliamentary session to seek approval, which the X post and the article summary do not mention and no other source confirms.
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