Egypt Apprehensive Over Islamist Win In Syria

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, where state-aligned media hailed the country's stability in the hours after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was toppled (Credit: AFP)

The Islamist takeover of Syria has left Egypt apprehensive and cautiously calibrating future ties, years after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power by toppling the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt backed president Bashar al-Assad until the eleventh hour, and with the Islamists of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) now in control in Syria, it worries what impact the change might have.