Presidency: Egypt Is Waging a War against Extremism

Presidential Advisor for Political Affairs Mostafa Hegazy has said on Saturday Egypt is facing “war by the forces of extremism” and will confront it with “security measures within the framework of law.”

Egyptian authorities arrested the brother of Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, a security official said. He said Mohammed al-Zawahri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo.