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SAM320 USAF C-40B departed Shannon west after a refuel-inbound from Cairo Int'l Departure
Arrived at Abu Dhabi- Al Bateen Airport yesterday for a little over 5 hours then on to Cairo Int'l for a 2 hour stop. Arrived at Cyprus-Larnaca Int'l after that
Departed Larnaca Int'l Airport earlier today for Cairo
US NSA Heads To Egypt As Israel-Hamas Tensions Flare Up
President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan is heading to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian government officials about rising tensions between Israel and Hamas. The Biden administration is leaning heavily on Egypt, which has long played a role as mediator between Israel and Hamas, for help in maintaining stability in the region even as it presses Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to stop his crackdown on dissent. Sullivan plans to follow up on the Egypt talks during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Eyal Hulata, next week in Washington, said National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne. Egypt brokered a cease-fire after an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas erupted in May. Sullivan had already planned visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for talks focused on finding an end to war in Yemen. The visit to Egypt comes after the Biden administration announced earlier this month it would withhold $130 million in military aid to the country over human rights concerns*. Egypt is pressing the U.S. to side with it in a dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a hydropower project on the Blue Nile that Ethiopia says is crucial for its economic development. Egypt says the dam would choke its economy and has threatened to use “all available means” to stop it. The Blue Nile, a major tributary of the Nile River, originates in Ethiopia. The Biden administration sees the dam dispute as potential flashpoint, but has sought to take a back seat to the African Union in finding a resolution.
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/world-news-us-nsa-heads-to-egypt-as-israel-hamas-tensions-flare-up/396113
*Plus 10%...C'mon man
Was in Riyadh on 0927 as the flight from it's Shannon refuel heading se drops from view over western Greece. It reappears on 0928 heading to Abu Dhabi from Cairo after 30 hours.
Have no trace of the flight in/out of Riyadh-see below re: no pictures and low-profile.
According to these data traces this AC has been to Cairo twice on this trip
US Security Adviser Heads to Cairo After Talks in Riyadh
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk, the White House adviser on Middle Eastern affairs, are headed to Cairo today for talks with Egyptian officials. On Tuesday, Sullivan, McGurk and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking met in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman, Interior Minister Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef, National Guard Minister Abdullah bin Bandar, and Minister of State and national security adviser Musaed al-Aiban, to discuss the war in Yemen and rising tensions in the Middle East, including with Iran. Riyadh and its allies have expressed reservations about the Biden administration’s attempts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and lift sanctions on Tehran. The US-Saudi talks were low-profile, with no photographs of the meetings published; it was the highest-level trip by a US official to Saudi Arabia since President Joe Biden took office.
https://themedialine.org/headlines/us-security-adviser-heads-to-cairo-after-talks-in-riyadh/