(CNN) — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt is on a mission — to return his country to its rightful place as the “indispensable” Arab state after what he saw as the dangerous chaos of Muslim Brotherhood rule under his predecessor, Mohamed Morsy.

See CNN’s full story and video at http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/world/meast/egypt-gaza-role/index.html?hpt=hp_t1