Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

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Egypt’s Sisi Visits Saudi Arabia As Tensions Ease

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia...

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Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday,...

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US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...

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Trump Will Try To Jump-Start Middle East Peace Deal

US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas at the White House May 3 for talks on efforts to...

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Trump To Host Palestinian President Abbas On May 3

US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas at the White House May 3 for talks on efforts to...

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Court Acquits US-Egyptian In Charity Abuse Case

A court in Cairo on Sunday acquitted a US-Egyptian charity worker imprisoned for nearly three years in a case that drew...

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Egypt Faces Uphill Battle Against Corruption

When Egyptian real estate developer Hassan tried building an apartment block without paying bribes, officials stalled...

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Egypt Says Alexandria Church Suicide Bomber Identified

Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend...

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After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists

For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared...

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Egypt Parliament Approves State of Emergency

Egypt's parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a three-month state of emergency declared by President Abdel Fattah...

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Egypt Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims

Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by...

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Amnesty Hails Decline In Executions

US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a...

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Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after...

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Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the...

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Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic...

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Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility For Twin Church Bombings In Egypt

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared a state of emergency after two deadly bombings Sunday, the first at...

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Egypt In State of Emergency After Attacks On Coptic Churches

Egypt in state of emergency after attacks on Coptic churches Egypt's president has announced a three-month state of...

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At Least 15 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday...

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Trump Hosts Sisi In Landmark Visit, Praises ‘fantastic Job’ In Egypt

President Donald Trump put human rights controversies aside to warmly welcome Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the White House...