{"id":546198,"date":"2022-05-08T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/05\/08\/sinai-attack-dominates-the-conversation-in-the-foreign-press\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T04:00:09","slug":"sinai-attack-dominates-the-conversation-in-the-foreign-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/05\/08\/sinai-attack-dominates-the-conversation-in-the-foreign-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinai attack dominates the conversation in the foreign press"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> Leading the conversation on Egypt in the international press this morning:<\/strong> Eleven troops were killed \u201cfoiling a terror attack\u201d on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal, a statement<\/a>by the Egyptian armed forces read. Five others were injured in the attack, it said, in what was one of the deadliest against the armed forces in recent years. The militants were currently being \u201cpursued and besieged\u201d in Sinai, according to the statement. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi<\/a>, the Cabinet<\/a>, Al Azhar<\/a>, and the Copitc Orthodox Church<\/a> have all condemned the attack. The story made headlines in the Associated Press<\/a>, Reuters<\/a>, and The National<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Human rights is also topping headlines:<\/strong> The government\u2019s recent decision to release prisoners to mark Sinai Liberation Day inspires different takes from Mirette Mabrouk, founding director of the Egypt program at the Middle East Institute, who speaks to NPR<\/a> about the possibility of more political openness in Egypt, and Human Rights Watch<\/a>, which warns that the move likely does not mark a \u201cfundamental policy shift.\u201d Meanwhile, Reuters<\/a> covers the US State Department\u2019s call for a \u201cthorough, transparent and credible\u201d investigation into the death of Egyptian economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud.<\/p>\n

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