Gulf regimes support Egypt’s Sisi poll bid

DUBAI: Leading Gulf monarchies are staunchly backing Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt’s presidential frontrunner, in the hope that their generous financial help will bolster his campaign to crush the Muslim Brotherhood and indirectly secure their own regimes.

“An absence of stability in Egypt means instability in the Gulf,” said Emirati political science professor Abdulkhaleq Abdulla.