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President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One on his way to Argentina, as he leaves Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Capping his remarkable visit to Cuba, Obama declared an end to the "last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas" and openly urged the Cuban people to pursue a more democratic future. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

CAL THOMAS: Obama ‘apology tour’ comes full circle in Cuba

By Cal Thomas

Tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, in this April 9, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt official: Signs of torture on body of Giulio Regeni, Italian student

By Maggie Michael and Brian Rohan - Associated Press

This Dec. 7, 2011 photo, shows Hossam Bahgat in his office at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. Lawyers for Bahgat, a leading Egyptian investigative journalist and human rights advocate said Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 that the Egyptian military is holding him in an undisclosed location while he faces charges of spreading “false news.” Bahgat was detained Sunday after being summoned to an intelligence building in Cairo. (AP Photo/Sarah Rafea)

Egypt’s military holding journalist in undisclosed location

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

An armed security worker talks on his phone in front of the luggage screening section at the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. In an abrupt turnaround, Russia on Friday suspended all passenger flights to Egypt after days of resisting U.S. and British suggestions that a bomb may have brought down a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula a week ago. (AP Photo/Vinciane Jacquet)

Egypt FM: Western countries haven’t helped in war on terror

By MERRIT KENNEDY and NOUR YOUSSEF - Associated Press

Tourists have their documents checked by Egyptian police as they prepare to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

Stranded British tourists anxious to leave Egyptian resort

By Merrit Kennedy - Associated Press

People gather at the airline information desk at of Russian airline Kogalymavia’s desk at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, after a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard crashed. Russia's civil air agency is expected to have a news conference shortly to talk about the Russian Metrojet passenger plane that Egyptian authorities say has crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Egypt says Russian aircraft crashes in Sinai; no survivors

By Brian Rohan and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

German restorer Christian Eckmann examines the beard of the famed golden mask of King Tutankhamun as an Egyptian-German team begins restoration work over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The 3,300-year-old burial pharaonic mask was discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb along with other artifacts by British archeologists in 1922, sparking worldwide interest in archaeology and ancient Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt fixes Tutankhamun mask after botched epoxy repair

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, the gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case during a press tour, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. The restoration of King Tutankhamun's world-famous golden mask will begin Saturday, over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, Egypt's state-run news agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt to restore King Tut mask after botched epoxy job

By Maram Mazen - Associated Press

People gather near the scene where a bomb exploded early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, near a national security building in the Shubra el-Kheima neighborhood of Cairo. For blocks around the blast site in the popular residential neighborhood, glass from blown-out windows could be seen on the street. (AP Photo/Brian Rohan)

Bomb explodes in Cairo, Egypt, neighborhood, wounds 6 people

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants, Sunday, April 19, 2015, shows a group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before they were killed by Islamic State militants, in Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Arab League agrees to use military force against ISIS in Libya, unsure on airstrikes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi waves as he arrives to the opening ceremony of the new section of the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. A new 54-article anti-terrorism bill signed into law by el-Sissi was announced on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, establishing stiffer prison sentences for offences deemed to be terrorism-related, heavy fines for journalists who publish “false news” and a special judicial circuit for terrorism-related cases. Egypt has not had a parliament for over two years, and legislative authority rests with el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt president approves sweeping anti-terrorism law

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. An online image purports to show the Croatian hostage being held by an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt has been beheaded. (Militant video via AP, File)

Tomislav Salopek, Croatian hostage, reportedly beheaded by Islamic State

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

An Egyptian soldier stands guard near the Suez Canal as an American container ship crosses the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, in this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, file photo. Egypt on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, will unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal, a mega-project that has emerged as a cornerstone of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s efforts to restore national pride and revive the economy after years of unrest. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt to unveil Suez Canal extension in hope of a new era

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

A U.S. Navy plane lands at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, on Wednesday. Turkey agreed to allow the U.S.-led coalition to launch airstrikes against Islamic State from the base but now Egypt is accusing Turkey of working with the Islamic State on the Sinai Peninsula, a bitter feud likely complicate the Obama administration's regional plans. (Associated Press)

Turkey-Egypt feud undercuts U.S. hopes for Middle East

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Muhamed Sabry - The Washington Times

ISIS Dominoes Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

WILLIAM TRIPLETT: Syria’s collapse crushing millions

By William C. Triplett II

Egyptian police officers stand on the 6th October bridge opposite the Italian consulate following a blast in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 11, 2015. A large explosion struck outside the Italian Consulate in Egypt's capital Cairo early Saturday, severely damaging the building and killing one civilian, and injuring four others, officials said. An Italian diplomat said the consulate was closed at the time and no staff members were wounded in the blast. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ** FILE **

Islamic State in Egypt claims responsibility for Cairo consulate bombing; 1 killed

Associated Press

In this undated image released by MGM, actor Omar Sharif appears in a scene from the film, "Doctor Zhivago." (AP Photo/MGM, File)

Omar Sharif, star of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ dies

By Sarah El Deeb and Greg Katz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 2, 2015, file photo, people carry the coffin for 1st Lt. Mohammed Ashraf, killed in Wednesday's attack by Islamic militants in the Sinai, during the funeral procession in Ashmoun, north of Cairo, Egypt. When Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi led the army’s overthrow of Egypt’s Islamist president two years ago, he promised to usher in new stability for the country. Instead, now President el-Sissi is facing an even tougher challenge: An Islamic militant insurgency that unleashed its worst violence yet the past week. (AP Photo/Ashour Abosalm, File)

Egypt marks 2nd anniversary of Islamist ouster with mourning

By BRIAN ROHAN and DAN PERRY - Associated Press

Egyptian soldiers sit atop a military personnel carrier securing the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Dozens of Islamic militants unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing at least 64 soldiers, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ebaid)

Egypt’s warplanes strike back at militants in troubled Sinai

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Emergency personnel inspect damage after a bomb attack has targeted Egypt's prosecutor general in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 29, 2015. The official says Monday's attack targeted Hisham Barakat's convoy. The prosecutor's two security guards and a civilian were wounded. The official says it's not yet clear if Barakat was hurt or not. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)

Bomb kills Egypt’s top prosecutor as he drives to work

By BRIAN ROHAN and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press