Cairo vows support for Riyadh as 2 Saudi officers killed in helicopter crash near Yemen

Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stability, the presidency said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said two officers were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Yemen border, after the rebel group claimed it shot the aircraft down. The coalition blamed a “technical malfunction” for the helicopter crash, which inflicted its first military fatalities since the long-running conflict with the Houthis reignited in July. The incident comes a week after strikes by the Houthis killed 13 people…