Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty confirmed in a Nov. 10 interview that Egypt had sent troops and weapons to Saudi Arabia several months ago to support the kingdom's defense against Iranian and Houthi attacks, The New Arab reported on Nov. 11. Although many details of the Egyptian deployment remain unclear, Egypt has reportedly deployed hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia and sent armor, anti-aircraft batteries capable of shooting down low-altitude short- to medium-range missiles and drones, and surface-to-surface missiles.