Sisi tries to reassure Egyptians despite host of challenges
 

By Ahmed Tolba CAIRO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sought to reassure Egyptians on Sunday that he is in control and steering the country on the right path in the face of Islamist militancy in neighbouring Libya and the Sinai and eco**mic challenges. Sisi's speech was broadcast on prime time television and was interspersed with clips of him greeting leaders of wealthy Gulf Arab states, Western powers and Egyptian army ******rs. His comments came after Islamic State militants beheaded up to 21 Egyptian Christians in neighbouring Libya -- bloodshed that provoked Egyptian airstrikes -- and one of the worst attacks on security forces in the Sinai in months.

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