The chief of the Egyptian General Intelligence Agency (GIS), Abbas Kamel, secretly visited several countries in the Middle East and North Africa in recent days. The subject on the agenda was Turkey, reports Ahval.

Kamel’s meetings were aimed at establishing an intelligence alliance between Egypt and other nations and to pave the way for closer military cooperation that would counter Turkey's increasingly aggressive designs in the region, unidentified sources in Paris told The Arab Weekly.

Kamel is said to have described Turkey’s plans as "the most dangerous for the Arab region since the accession to power of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan".

Kamel presented highly sensitive information on Turkish activities, including operations in Libya and Syria and developments regarding Turkey’s military presence in Qatar and the Horn of Africa, the sources said.