El-Yazal fought in several wars including "the
Six-Day War, the
War of Attrition and the
6 October War". He was an officer in Egypt's
Republican Guard,
Military Intelligence and the
General Intelligence Service. El-Yazal was a frequent guest on media talk shows as a national security expert where he analysed issues, including during the rule of the
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces following the
overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, as well as following the "ouster" of former president
Mohamed Morsi in 2013. He became the coordinator of an electoral alliance, called
For the Love of Egypt, which was reportedly backed by the state. El-Yazal denied this allegation He won his own election to the House of Representatives and became the leader of the majority bloc in parliament, which was known as
Egypt's Support coalition, until his death on 4 April 2016 from cancer. == References ==