Egypt’s Sisi resigns as defence minister

Egypt’s Sisi resigns as defence minister

Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Egypt’s defence minister and armed forces chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, tendered his resignation Wednesday, the media reported. Sisi is expected to run for president in the upcoming presidential election, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Quoting a military source, the daily said Sisi was expected […]