What is happening in the region is directly against the interests of Egypt. The country is sandwiched between regions of instability, such as Gaza in the northeast, Sudan in the south, Libya in the west, and the Red Sea in the east. In the Red Sea, attacks by the Yemeni Houthis on cargo ships bound for Israeli ports or in some way related to the occupying state have negatively affected the volume of international cargo transportation and led to a decrease in Suez Canal revenues.