Chinese fighter jets soar over Egypt in first joint exercises – Middle East Monitor

The sound of Chinese fighter jets roared over the Egyptian pyramids and could echo across the Middle East, as Beijing wrapped up military drills with Cairo, Reuters reports.

On Monday, China’s military released videos of its fast jets, helicopters and transport planes flying high above the Sahara and hailing inaugural joint air force exercises with Egypt as “a signal of deepening military ties and shifting alliances.”

The joint exercises with one of the…