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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi appointed Hassan Mahmoud Rashad as the new head of the General Intelligence Service (GIS) on Wednesday. Major General Abbas Kamel, who was head of the GIS since 2018, was separately appointed as an advisor to the President, general coordinator of the security services, and special envoy of the President. The GIS, also known as the Mukhabarat, is one of Egypt’s most powerful and secretive organizations, tasked with providing critical national security intelligence both domestically and…