 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Dambudziko reEgypt rakatanga nekushanduka kweEgypt muna 2011, apo mazana ezviuru zvevaEgipita vakabuda mumigwagwa mukuratidzira kukuru kwepfungwa uye kwevanhu zvakasiyana-siyana izvo pakupedzisira zvakamanikidza mutungamiri wenguva refu Hosni Mubarak kubva pachigaro. Dambudziko rezvematongerwe enyika rakapfuurira, neDare Repamusoro reMasoja Achirwisa richidzora nyika kutozosvikira nhevedzano yesarudzo dzakakurumbira, idzo dzinofungidzirwa kuva dzakashandiswa zvisina kururama, dzaunza Boka revaMuslim kuukuru. Zvisinei, kukakavadzana pakati pemutungamiri wechiIslam akasarudzwa Mohamed Morsi uye vasiri vezvitendero kwakaramba kuchipfuurira kusvika pakuratidzira kwaipesana nehurumende muna Chikumi 2013 izvo zvakatungamira kukudzingwa kwaMorsi muna 2013, mune izvo zvakarondedzerwa zvakasiyana-siyana sekudonha kwehurumende kana kupera kweshanduko yechipiri, kana zvese zviri zviviri. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, uyo akazivisa kubviswa kwaMorsi, akabva ava mutungamiri weEgypt gore rakatevera, achikunda sarudzo dzekuva mutungamiri wenyika mukukunda kukuru kunorondedzerwa nevatariri veEU sevakasununguka asi kwete zvakaenzana. Kunyange zvakadaro, kusarudzwa kwaSisi kwakazivikanwa zvakanyanya, uye mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika akanyanya kugadzikana kubva paakatora masimba zviri pamutemo; zvisinei, kumwe kuratidzira kwakaenderera mberi kunyangwe kudzvinyirira kwehurumende. Dambudziko iri rakawedzerawo kupandukira kwaiitwa neAnsar Bait al-Maqdis muSinai Peninsula, iyo yakawedzera kubatanidzwa nekunetsana kwenzvimbo iyi neIslamic State yeIraq neLevant gare gare muna 2014. 