Saudi Arabia to help Egypt build field hospitals

A day after expressing his country's support to Egypt in its fight against "terrorism", Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz ordered Saturday to send medical equipment and personnel in the strife-torn country to help it set up three field hospitals.

The medical aid is aimed to ease pressure that Egyptian hospitals now face in the light of the bloodshed taking place there, Xinhua reported.

Egypt's stability is being targeted by "haters, said the Saudi king while warning "that anyone interfering in Egypt's internal affairs is " igniting sedition".