Other news on Egypt worth noting in brief:

  • President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s economic reforms are starting to prove fruitful. For them to success El Sisi must wait out popular discontent over inflation and a decrease in his popularity, writes Neville Teller for the Eurasia Review.
  • Israel had reportedly been warning Egyptian authorities about salafist groups in Sinai since the days of Hosni Mubarak, says Yaakov Lappin for Jewish News service.
  • US Rep. Chuck Fleischmann recounts the moment President El Sisi was informed of the Palm Sunday bombings, as he was apparently in the room with the president at the time, according to the Tennessean.
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