Attempted assassination of Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi in Mecca

Members of the Islamic State–affiliated group Sinai Province attempted to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during his Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2014. The plot was publicly revealed by Egyptian prosecutors in November 2016 as part of a case involving 292 suspects accused of planning terrorist operations inside and outside Egypt.