Abbas Kamel appointed interim head of General Intelligence

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi appointed Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel as interim chief of the General Intelligence Service, Reuters reports. “The report did not immediately mention Khaled Fawzi, who was serving as chief of the General Intelligence before Thursday’s announcement.” Kamel is currently El Sisi’s chief of staff at Ittihadiya. “The change comes month after Sisi removed the armed forces chief of staff, the head of the country’s national security agency, and 10 other top Interior Ministry officials following a deadly ambush of anti-terrorism agents in October,” Bloomberg says. The Associated Press and New York Times also have coverage.