New Supreme Council for combatting Terrorism to be voted in by parliament in Egypt The council will set the strategy to coordinate all state efforts to eradicate terrorism Egypt’s parliament has approved the articles of a new law to establish the Supreme Council for Combating Terrorism. The preliminary approval of all 20 articles of the new law modifies a presidential decree which first regulated the council, Egyptian newspapers said. It will replace the National Council to combat terrorism and extremism suggested by President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in 2017. The council will set a strategy to mass all state institutions to eradicate both external and internal terrorism without messing with freedom rights. Parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal ‎announced that the final vote on the law ‎will be postponed until a later meeting. “As ‎we lack two-thirds of MPs as required by ‎the constitution, I decide to postpone the ‎final vote to a later date,” said Abdel-Aal as quoted by Ahram Online. The council’s main location will be in Cairo, and its head will have to call for meeting every two months.