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Sunday, 15 May 2022

Daesh claims responsibility for second Sinai attack

Leading international coverage on Egypt this morning: Daesh has claimed responsibility for an attack against a military checkpoint in Sinai that killed five troops last week, less than a week after a deadly ambush east of the Suez Canal that killed 11 troops. The news is getting attention from the Associated Press and Reuters.

Human rights is also back in the pages of the global press: Reuters reports that Abdel Fattah’s mother, activist Laila Soueif, fears for the health of her son, activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, as he enters the sixth week of a hunger strike in protest at his imprisonment. This comes as some 500 Egyptian women submitted a petition to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) urging the council “to exert all possible efforts” to release Abdel Fattah, Ahram Online reported. Meanwhile, the Atlantic reviews Abdel Fattah’s book “You Have Not Yet Been Defeated.” Meanwhile, Israel wants Washington to “stop pressuring Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on human rights,” Axios reports.

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