Egypt's Sisi appoints new armed forces chief of staff: presidency

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed Lieutenant General Osama Askar as chief of staff of the armed forces, the presidency said on Wednesday.

He appointed former defense ministry secretary general Mohammed Farid Hegazy to the post, it said, without giving a reason for the change.

His predecessor Mahmoud Hegazy, who had held the post since March 2014, was named a presidential adviser