epa04976381 Exterior view of a former Russian Mistral warships anchored at the shipyard of Saint Nazaire, France, 13 October 2015. Egypt and France on 10 October 2015 signed a deal to supply Cairo with two assault ships as the Middle East country is struggling with a militant insurgency at home and in the region. Under the deal, France is to sell two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Egypt after their sale to Russia was blocked in 2014 in protest of Moscow's role in the Ukrainian conflict. EPA/YOAN VALAT
