(FILES) This file photo taken on January 6, 2012 shows Former Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan and member of the SCAF at the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and other high-ranking military officials attend the Coptic Christmas eve mass at the main cathedral in Cairo. Sami Anan, former army chief of staff under former president Hosni Mubarak, released a video early on January 19, 2018 announcing that he intends to run in the March 26-28 presidential election, just hours after Sisi publicly confirmed he would seek a second term in the third vote since the 2011 overthrow of longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak. Egypt's former army chief, Sisi was elected in 2014, a year after leading the military's ouster of his predecessor Mohamed Morsi amid mass protests against the Islamist's year-long rul . Photo by Ahmed Asad