Abdel fattah el-sisi

Two years ago today, Egyptian military dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi committed one of the deadliest atrocities of the 21st century, killing at least 817 civilians, a number of them women and children. No one has been punished for the massacre, and in the 24 months since it happened, Sisi has been embraced as an American ally and a folk hero among segments of the Republican Party. The Rabaa massacre: what happened An Egyptian woman attempts to block a military bulldozer as security forces violently clear a Muslim Brotherhood protest camp during the August 2013 Rabaa massacre in Cairo. (MOHAMMED ABDEL MONEIM/AFP/Getty) The story of the Rabaa massacre, as it quickly became known, begins about six weeks earlier, in July 2013. Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first-ever democratically elected president and an Islamist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, was under siege. His brief presidency had been a disaster, and much of the country was turning against him. On July 3, his own defense minister, a general named Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, arrested Morsi and suspended the constitution in a coup. While many Egyptians celebrated the coup, others protested it. In Cairo, members of the Muslim Brotherhood gathered for peaceful sit-ins at al-Nahda Square and at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, named for the adjacent Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Over several weeks, the camps, covered with posters of Morsi, sprawled to include thousands of people, including many families. Children Egypt's new military governm...

Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, (born November 19, 1954, Cairo, Egypt), Egyptian Military career Sisi graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977, then served in the infantry. Like other Egyptian officers of his generation, he never saw combat, but he advanced through the ranks to command a mechanized infantry division and then served as the commander of Egypt’s northern military region. In 2010 he was appointed to the post of director of Following the ouster of Egyptian Pres. June 30 Revolution Sisi took centre stage in Egyptian politics in the summer of 2013, after a protest movement The intervention was condemned by Morsi’s supporters in the With this show of support, the military wasted little time expanding their crackdown. The next day nearly 100 people were killed during a rally of Muslim Brotherhood supporters. On August 14, hundreds were killed when Egyptian security forces moved to Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Leadership and presidency All the while, Sisi found significant political support among Egyptians who were exhausted by two years of economic and political turmoil. Oversize portraits of him became an increasingly common sight in the streets, and a variety of political groups were formed to tout Sisi as a strong leader and urge him to seek the presidency. Sisi himself denied having any desire ...

World Government Summit 2023 live coverage President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has spoken of the immense challenge he faced to bring stability to Speaking at the The years 2011 to 2013 saw mass protests in Egypt leading to the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak, setting in motion a chain of events that saw Mr El Sisi take power after the military intervened. “The first challenge after 2011 was the loss of hope and the desperation Egyptians suffered,” said Mr El Sisi. “Egypt was in real chaos. The entire government was facing internal difficulties. Another challenge was that Egypt was targeted by terrorism. People said we want peace and security and not even food. This was how dire it was. Terrorism is now something from the past. [But] the chaos in 2011 cost Egypt billions.” Mr El Sisi was speaking in the presence of President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and he thanked the UAE’s leaders for assistance given to his country over the past few years. He singled out Sheikh Mohamed for his support early in his presidency when Egypt was suffering a lack of fuel and people were queuing for petrol at stations across the country. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, concludes the World Government Summit with a talk entitled 'The Emirates: A Family of Solid Roots and a Vibrant Future'. WAM “I made no request but he knew what we needed,” said Mr El Sisi. “I saw ships being rerouted from the Red ...

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the sixth Egyptian president, re-elected in March 2018 with 97 percent of the votes. This is the story of a field marshal turned president: Upbringing • Born in 1954, el-Sisi was raised in el-Gamaliya, in an alleyway that lies on the edge of the Jewish quarter of Cairo’s old city. • “I was born and raised in an area with immense cultural diversity… and I used to see the synagogue in the Jewish quarter,” el-Sisi later recalled in a TV interview. • Although he was never in active combat, three wars between • Egypt fought three wars with Israel in his early years, the last of which was in 1973, when he was 19. • Upon graduating from the military academy in 1977, el-Sisi married his maternal cousin Entissar Amer. They have three sons and a daughter. Defence Minister • El-Sisi continued his military training at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College in 1992 and received a master’s degree from the US Army War College in Pennsylvania in 2006. • After serving as security chief at the military attache office in Saudi Arabia, el-Sisi returned to Egypt in 2008 as chief of staff of the northern military zone. • In February 2011, shortly after the Egyptian revolution, a military council assumed control of the country and a ppointed el-Sisi as the head of military intelligence. • El-Sisi was publicly criticised for defending “virginity tests” carried out on female protesters during the revolution, which he said were conducted to “protect girls from rape ...

CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on "the immediate start of upgrading diplomatic relations, exchanging ambassadors," Egypt's presidency said in a statement on Monday. Sisi spoke with Erdogan in a phone call to congratulate him on his presidential win. Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry visited Turkey in April and met his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, the two parties agreed then on specific time frame to raise the level of diplomatic relations and to prepare for a summit between the two presidents. The presidents may meet in person again after Turkey's May 14 election, Cavusoglu said in April. About Reuters • About Reuters , opens new tab • Careers , opens new tab • Reuters News Agency , opens new tab • Brand Attribution Guidelines , opens new tab • Reuters Leadership , opens new tab • Reuters Fact Check , opens new tab • Reuters Diversity Report , opens new tab Stay Informed • Download the App , opens new tab • Newsletters , opens new tab Information you can trust Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. • Advertise With Us , opens new tab • Advertising Guidelines , opens new tab • Coup...