Sisi hammers the Brotherhood, barters troops for Gulf finance

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi shows no sign of relenting in his campaign to totally subjugate the Muslim Brotherhood, despite suggestions Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdelaziz has asked him to take a softer line. The current administration in Cairo believes the Brotherhood poses a fundamental threat; this view is behind the brutal suppression of the organisation, which is unprecedentedly harsh, even by Egyptian standards. The security forces have rooted out suspected supporters from public life and from within their own ranks.