Egypt urges decisive action against states backing ‘terror’CAIRO: Egypt’s president Wednesday called for “decisive” and “collective” action against countries supporting “terrorism” in an apparent reference to Turkey and Qatar, who back the Muslim Brotherhood group, which is outlawed in Egypt. “There should be a decisive response to countries supporting terrorism and a collective response against terrorism, because the terrorist groups will only have the ability to fight if they are provided with financial, military and moral support,” he said. Egypt has for years been battling a Daesh-led insurgency that intensified after the military overthrew an elected but divisive Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Mursi in 2013 amid mass protests against his brief rule. Since Mursi’s ouster, tensions have grown between Egypt and Turkey and Egypt and Qatar. The political party of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, which Cairo designated as at terrorist group in 2013.

Source: Libya Today December 10, 2019 12:33 UTC