Former Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has won a landslide victory in the presidential election that ended Wednesday, provisional results showed on Thursday.
Hailed as a saviour for overthrowing an Islamist president, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi can count on the vote of Egypt's Coptic Christians who view him as a bulwark against fundamentalists.
When Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced in a television address the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ultraconservative Salafi party official sat by his side, making an unlikely ally.
Egypt will hold a presidential poll this year ahead of parliamentary elections, interim president Adly Mansour said Sunday, in a move seen to benefit the army chief if he stands.
Tehran,YJC. -- Egyt's army chief met overnight with Islamist leaders to try to resolve the bloody crisis pitting supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi against the interim government, the army said Sunday.
Tehran, YJC. -- Supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi held firm Sunday on their insistence that he be reinstated after talks with a senior US official aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the crisis.