On July 19, an Egyptian security post in the heart of the Western Desert was ambushed, leaving 22 soldiers dead. For weeks, the Egyptian government and press were concerned with who carried it out. But that is less important than what the Farafra attack represented: a bleak turning point for Egypt’s fragile security environment.
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