<span style="color: #222222;">Egypt has released from jail a former military chief of staff arrested in 2018 after he tried to challenge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a presidential poll, a senior official said. "General Sami Anan has been set free," the official told a news agency on condition of anonymity.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Military had said Anan's announcement constituted "direct incitement against the armed forces with the intent of causing a rift between it and the great Egyptian people". Following his arrest, a military court imposed a media blackout concerning Anan and the proceedings against him.</span><br />