{"id":12213,"date":"2025-02-04T08:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=12213"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:52:55","slug":"egyptian-media-in-crisis-after-sisis-surprise-congratulation-to-syrias-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/04\/egyptian-media-in-crisis-after-sisis-surprise-congratulation-to-syrias-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Media in Crisis After Sisi&#8217;s Surprise Congratulation to Syria\u2019s New President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has sparked widespread controversy in media circles after officially congratulating Ahmed Al-Sharaa on his appointment as President of the Syrian Arab Republic, wishing him success in his new role. This move has put Egyptian media figures close to the regime in a difficult position, as they had spent months attacking Al-Sharaa and describing him in the harshest terms, accusing him of terrorism and extremism since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8f24f577-e80c-4ab9-afbb-f6b1920981b0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Egyptian journalists known for their unwavering loyalty to the regime, including Ahmed Moussa, Nashaat al-Dihy, Amr Adib, Ibrahim Issa, and Mustafa Bakri, found themselves in an embarrassing situation. Until very recently, they had been launching fierce attacks against Al-Sharaa, yet today, their president has congratulated him and granted him official recognition. This blatant contradiction has clearly exposed the double standards of Egyptian media, which shifts its stance according to official directives without any commitment to professionalism or integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet posted by President Sisi\u2019s official account, in which he explicitly congratulated Al-Sharaa, caused great astonishment, especially since Egyptian media had consistently promoted the narrative that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/29\/syria-enters-a-new-era-ahmed-al-sharaa-appointed-as-transitional-president\/\">Al-Sharaa<\/a> was merely a &#8220;terrorist&#8221; who came to power through a military coup. So how has he suddenly become a legitimate president in Cairo\u2019s eyes?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10817\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10817 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-al-Sharas-Ambiguity-Scares-Israel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmed al-Sharaa\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-al-Sharas-Ambiguity-Scares-Israel-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-al-Sharas-Ambiguity-Scares-Israel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-al-Sharas-Ambiguity-Scares-Israel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-al-Sharas-Ambiguity-Scares-Israel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed al-Sharaa&#8217;s government<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This embarrassing situation led some Egyptian journalists to remain completely silent, while others attempted to justify their shift in stance by claiming that &#8220;political orientations change according to the public interest.&#8221; This only fueled further ridicule from observers, who described these journalists as mere &#8220;hired mouthpieces&#8221; that operate according to directives from the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>On social media platforms, sarcastic comments poured in, recalling the contradictory positions of Egyptian journalists. Just days ago, they were fiercely attacking Al-Sharaa, only to find themselves now forced to acknowledge him as Syria\u2019s legitimate leader following Sisi\u2019s congratulatory message.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4430\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4430 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi\u2019s congratulatory message to Syria\u2019s new president\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Egyptian-President-Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Sisi\u2019s regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some activists reposted old videos of these journalists attacking Al-Sharaa and compared them to their current statements, highlighting how media rhetoric can change overnight.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is not the first time that Egyptian media has been exposed for manipulating facts to serve the regime\u2019s interests, but it is certainly one of the most embarrassing scandals. It has become evident to everyone that absolute loyalty to the authorities is the sole guiding principle for these journalists, and they are willing to change their positions at any moment just to appease their &#8220;Pharaoh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has sparked widespread controversy in media circles after officially congratulating Ahmed Al-Sharaa on his appointment as President of the Syrian Arab Republic, wishing him success in his new role. This move has put Egyptian media figures close to the regime in a difficult position, as they had spent months attacking &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,3339,3756],"class_list":["post-12213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-abdel-fattah-el-sisi","tag-ahmed-al-sharaa","tag-egyptian-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egyptian Media in Crisis After Sisi&#039;s Surprise Congratulation to Syria\u2019s New President - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi\u2019s congratulatory message to Syria\u2019s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, has 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