The aftermath of the attack that left more than 300 dead in North Sinai on Friday continued to dominate coverage of Egypt in the foreign press. A number of outlets continued to cover the accounts of survivors and eyewitnesses on the onslaught, including Bloomberg, Sputnik, and Xinhua.

US outlets’ take on the attack continued to come through the lens of that country’s polarized politics. Left-leaning outlets including MSNBC ran with criticism by Democratic congressman and member of the House Homeland Security Committee Filemon Vela Jr, who called US President Donald Trump “an idiot” for his tweet linking the attacks in Egypt to his border wall with Mexico. Others, such as the Washington Post and the New Yorker join the Guardian, CNN, and New York Times in criticizing what they say is El Sisi’s authoritarian rule, which they blame for intensifying violence. They highlight Trump’s support for El Sisi as encouraging those policies.

On the flipside, former White House advisor and El Sisi fan Sebastian Gorka took to the pages of Breitbart to say that the attack underlines the importance of supporting Muslim allies including El Sisi in Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan — and the value of Egypt in particular as an ally against Islamist extremism.

A sign of normalization with Turkey? Turkish state-owned outlet Anadolu is positing that the goodwill shown by the Turkish government, which had flags in Ankara flown at half-staff in support of Egypt, will do much to help both countries reconcile differences. "Turkey’s mourning declaration is a clear indication that it wants to normalize relations with Egypt,” said Professor Kemal Inat, director of Middle Eastern Institute’s at Sakarya University. “I believe Cairo’s attitude towards Turkey’s support will be positive,” he added. Don’t hold your breath as long as that nutter continues to run your country, sir.

Some analysts are switching focus, saying the attacks could drive security assistance and cooperation with Egypt. “Egypt gets condolences but needs global cooperation,” Linda S. Heard writes in a piece for Gulf News. “Countries pledging to stand shoulder to shoulder with Cairo to eradicate terrorism should show their seriousness by branding the [Ikhwan] terrorists,” she says.

“Is the fantasy of a Middle East peace accord about to come true?” By brokering a truce between rival Palestinian ruling factions Fatah and Hamas, Egypt is helping prep for broader peace talks with the Israeli side, this time, “without internal discord,” Herb London writes for Fox News. The two factions are also recognizing “for the first time in their collective past” that there is a need to recognize the Jewish state of Israel, London adds.