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Sisi ponders future of army chief Osama Askar

The Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Osama Askar, in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 29 March 2022.
The Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Osama Askar, in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 29 March 2022. © Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via AFP
Osama Askar is about to be either reappointed or replaced as commander of the Egyptian army. He was already a member of the powerful Supreme Council of the Armed Forces before the election of Sisi and has support among the army top brass as well as the country's powerful construction conglomerates. [...]
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