In mid-December, Sisi held a briefing with military and police leaders, along with pro-government journalists, at the Strategic Command headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, his controversial $58bn new city east of Cairo.... ...state media selected a number of excerpts that centred on two talking points: #Sisi is not #Assad, and Egyptians should not follow in the footsteps of Syrian rebels.

#Egypt: Sisi fears a popular uprising after the fall of Assad in #Syria
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-sisi-fears-uprising-after-assad-fall-syria