The Jerusalem Post Experts: Egypt in life-and-death struggle, though regime is stable In order for the Egyptians to be effective they need new equipment for surveillance, specifically drones to more precisely combat the jihadists. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is in a life-and-death struggle as a Sinai-based Islamist insurgency rages but the regime is not about to collapse, experts say. Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Experts-Egypt-in-life-and-death-struggle-though-regime-is-stable-408198 Business Insider Egypt is pushing forward with a law that could roll back the major victory of the 2011 revolution After a series of stunning militant attacks, Egypt's government is pushing through a controversial new anti-terrorism draft bill that would set up special terrorism courts, shorten the appeals process, give police greater powers of arrest and imprison journalists who report information on attacks that differs from the official government line. The draft raised concerns that officials are taking advantage of heightened public shock at last week's audacious attacks to effectively enshrine into law the notorious special emergency laws which were in place for decades until they were lifted following the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Rather than reviewing security policies since the attacks, officials have largely been focusing blame on the media for allegedly demoralizing troops and on the slowness of the courts. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-is-pushing-forward-with-a-new-anti-terror-law-2015-7 Ynet News Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it's not enough Officials in Cairo and in Jerusalem voiced the same mantra over the weekend: It's not ISIS, it's Hamas which is insisting on rocking Egypt. But for how long can Israel rely solely on Egypt to keep the triangle of terror off its fence? There are two ways to look at the image and conduct of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the president of Egypt: He is either a nervous dictator who takes the law into his hands, silences people, throws his rivals in jail and sentences them to death by mere words, or a patriotic leader who has come to turn over a new leaf, stabilize the complicated security situation, create economic solutions and restore the trust of the world and of some 100 million Egyptian residents. Read more: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4676390,00.html Swiss News Egyptian army kills 63 militants in North Sinai - sources Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region. The Sinai has recently witnessed some of the heaviest fighting between security forces and Islamist militants since the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. Read more: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/egyptian-army-kills-63-militants-in-north-sinai---sources/41531228
