(CNN) Egypt agreed Friday to allow two Iranian warships to cross through the Suez Canal, state media reported. "This is typical of Syrian-Iranian opportunism," said David Schenker, director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "It's destabilizing. It raises tension, particularly in this time of transition in Egypt."
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