#security checkpoints
Egypt's Armed Forces have acknowledged reports on the deployment of more than 400 U.S. troops to the Sinai, stating that the deployment is simply a rotation of US peacekeeping troops that had originally been stationed there in 1982. The Military's spokesperson added that the troops do not have the required weaponry or resources to engage with any combatants or rioters. Various news agencies had reported that 400 U.S. troops are set to be deployed in Egypt’s Sinai for a ‘riot…