President al-Sisi acknowledged Al Jazeera case had been PR disaster for Egypt . Greste was arrested at the end of 2013 along with Al Jazeera Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed . Qatar 's traditional allies were openly appalled by the sentences against the two . Many thought trio were pawns in battle between Ansar Beit al-Maqdis and Egypt , which funds Egyptian Brotherhood .
President al-Sisi acknowledged Al Jazeera case had been PR disaster for Egypt . Qatar 's traditional allies were openly appalled by the sentences against the two . Many thought trio were pawns in battle between Ansar Beit al-Maqdis and Egypt , which funds Egyptian Brotherhood .