Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi confirmed the attack which came just days after Da'ish in its latest massacre in Egypt killed nearly 30 Coptic Christians in Minya Province on 26 May...
President Abdel Fatah el Sisi an early supporter chaired unsuccessful talks in February between GNA representatives and Haftar's supporters in Tripoli...
This has been a welcome development for the government of President Abdel Fatah el Sisi as it offers some hope that the painful adjustment will eventually prove to have been worthwhile...
However there is little chance that such discontent will be translated into any meaningful challenge to President Abdel Fatah el Sisi's campaign for re-election for a second term in mid-2018...
Haftar already enjoys strong support from two other presidents Egypt's Abdel Fatah el Sisi and Russia's Vladimir Putin both of whom are close to Trump...
Ban of brothersSuch a measure would be warmly endorsed by President Abdel Fatah el Sisi who has banned the Ikhwan in Egypt where it was founded by Hassan el Banna in 1928...
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Egypt is seeking Eritrea's help along with that of Uganda and South Sudan both of which President Abdel Fatah el Sisi visited in January to pressure Ethiopia to make concessions over the GERD which it believes could threaten Egypt's crucial irrigation and hydropower resources from the Nile (AC Vol 57 No 12 Dam provocations)...
Municipal elections are scheduled in 2017 but they are being overshadowed by preparations for the presidential election in mid-2018 in which the incumbent Abdel Fattah el Sisi is likely to seek a second term...
The financing plan dates back to July when President Abdel Fatah el Sisi launched a three-year strategy to raise US$21 billion from the IMF World Bank and bilateral donors to plug the deficit (AC Vol 57 No 8 Desperately seeking dollars)...
President Abdel Fatah el Sisi ceded the islands to Saudi Arabia during a state visit by King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud in April...
The latest episode in the Red Sea islands saga has seen a judge make a ruling in open defiance of President Abdel Fatah el Sisi...