A nine-country Saudi-led coalition, which includes Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Jordan, is already carrying out airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen – an effort that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently declared will end with the Saudis’ “noses [being] rubbed to the soil.” Yet Egypt’s president, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has indicated that the coalition’s mandate may be extended beyond Yemen.
以沙特为首的九国联军，包括埃及、阿联酋、科威特和约旦已经在对伊朗支持的也门胡塞叛军发动空袭——伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊日前宣称沙特将在这场行动中“摔个狗啃泥”。但埃及总统阿卜杜勒 - 法塔赫·塞西将军已经表示联军的授权可能不仅局限在也门境内。