El-Sissi commemorating Police Day during a meeting with the Supreme Council of Police in New Cairo. Since the rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched warily. — The Egyptian Presidency/©2025 The New York Times Company
SOON after Islamist rebels overthrew the authoritarian president of Syria, Bashar Assad, a hashtag gathered steam on Egyptian social media: “It’s your turn, dictator.”
The message for President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt was unmistakable. But he hardly needed the warning.
