Also making headlines in the international press over the Eid Al-Adha holiday:

• Military and the economy: Bloomberg uses the Army’s role in restoring the supply of subsidised infant formula as a way into a longer piece looking at the military’s role in the economy.
• Egypt’s natural gas ambitions: Noting that “Egypt’s gas demand is 52bn m³/yr and is expected to continue rising and may reach 65-70bn m³/yr over the next ten years,” Natural Gas World magazine (paywall) notes that “Egypt has attracted large and small producers, thanks to higher well-head prices and favourable geology. Its ultimate goal is not only self-sufficiency but a surplus for exports.”
• Shame on the English: Mohamed El Dahshan’s tweetstorm is making headlines in the Huffington Post after UK authorities capriciously denied his emeritus professor father’s request for a visa to see his son deliver a valedictory address at Oxford.
• US Navy urged to make contingency plans for loss of Suez Canal access: The United States needs to work with Egypt to improve security in the Suez Canal area (including Sinai) and / or “develop operational plans and even structure the fleet with the risk of losing Suez in mind,” two RAND Corporation engineers write for The National Interest.
• Regeni updates: The New York Times reported that murdered Italian graduate student was “under investigation in Egypt” prior to his murder according to a joint statement issued by Italian and Egyptian prosecutors, with the Egyptian side saying it had been determined that Regeni’s activities “were not of interest to national security.” A day later, the global press reported that a post-mortem examination by Italian authorities found “mysterious letters carved into [Regeni’s] body.” Further, investigators admitted that there are “weak doubts” about the culpability of four petty criminals killed by Egyptian police in a shootout who were subsequently blamed for Regeni’s death.