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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi was sworn in on Tuesday before parliament for a third term, in a ceremony held at the new administrative capital east of Cairo. Al-Sissi, who has been in power since 2014, secured another six years in office after receiving nearly 90% of the vote in a December election, which was overshadowed by the war in Gaza and a severe domestic economic crisis. Addressing parliament in a televised address, al-Sissi said that Egypt in recent years faced challenges of unmatched magnitude and intensity throughout its modern history, due to internal destabilizing attem…

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