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Egyptian reporter’s journey from think tank to jail cell

By JULIA BRYANT - Associated Press

Islamic State claims attack on airport in Egypt’s Sinai

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, left, and West Bromwich Albion's Ahmed Hegazi battle for the ball during their English Premier League soccer match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, Sunday Dec. 17, 2017. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

Hegazi completes permanent move to West Brom

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Egypt to play Portugal, Bulgaria in pre-WCup friendlies

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Nov. 9, 2015, Russian passengers prepare to depart from Sharm el-Sheikh Airport in south Sinai, Egypt. Russia’s transportation minister said Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 flights between Moscow and the Egyptian capital of Cairo are to resume in February after a two-year hiatus. Moscow suspended flights to Egypt after an Islamic State bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Sinai in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Latif, File)

Russia to resume flights to Egypt, halted after 2015 bombing

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, shake hands during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko/ pool photo via AP)

Putin visits Egypt in sign of closer ties

By HAMZA HENDAWI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to employees of Rostec Corporation during an awarding ceremony at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside in Moscow, Russia. The Tass news agency says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at a Russian military air base in Syria on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin declares victory on visit to air base in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Tourists photograph an entrance of a newly discovered tomb on Luxor's West Bank known as &quot;KAMPP 150&quot; during an announcement for the Egyptian Ministry of antiquities about new discoveries in Luxor, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have discovered two ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor. The ministry said Saturday that one tomb has five entrances leading to a rectangular hall, and contains painted wooden funerary masks, clay vessels and a mummy wrapped in linen. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

Archaeologists discover 2 ancient tombs in Egypt’s Luxor

By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 photo, from left to right UNAIDS country manager Ahmed Khamis, Christian father Boulos Soror, Dr. Walid Kamal, Islamic scholar and Sheik Ali al-Jifri, and Tabah Foundation member Mohammed Shahin, prepare for an even part of the World AIDS Day 2017 national advocacy campaign at a hotel, in Cairo, Egypt. An alarming HIV epidemic is silently spreading in Egypt, with an annual growth of up to 40 percent and funds to deal with the crisis running out by next year, U.N. officials and activists say. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

UN voices alarm about spread of HIV in Egypt

By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers a reporter's question during a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US defense secretary meets with Egyptian officials in Cairo

By MENNA ZAKI - Associated Press

FILE In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, visit missile cruiser Moskva ( Moscow) in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Russia is negotiating an agreement with Egypt that would allow its warplanes to use Egyptian air bases, according to a government document released Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 a deal that would allow Moscow to further increase its military foothold in the Mediterranean. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

Russia negotiates deal for its warplanes to use Egypt bases

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Relatives of of injured worshippers wait at the Ismailia public hospital, in Ismailia, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, a day after they were injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 200 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s options dwindling in its fight against militants

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2017 file photo, women cry during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria Egypt, at the Mar Amina church. Egypt has been battling an insurgency in the Sinai led by an affiliate of the Islamic State group that intensified after the military’s 2013 ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power. Hundreds have been killed in what has become a grinding stalemate in Sinai. The militants have expanded their attacks to other parts of Egypt, carrying out deadly bombings of churches to terrorize the Christian minority and deadly gunbattles with security forces. (AP Photo/Samer Abdallah, File)

A look at the deadliest militant attacks in Egypt

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Relatives of of injured worshippers wait at the Ismailia public hospital, in Ismailia, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, a day after they were injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 200 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s options dwindling in its fight against militants

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

This photo released by Egypt's Presidency shows Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, center, meeting with officials in Cairo after militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula. The attackers set off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 184 people in the deadliest ever attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists. (Egyptian Presidency via AP)

White House condemns terror strike on Egypt mosque: ‘There can be no tolerance for barbaric groups’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

The Latest: Egypt’s president condemns mosque attack

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This photo released by Egypt's Presidency shows Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, center, meeting with officials in Cairo after militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula. The attackers set off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 184 people in the deadliest ever attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists. (Egyptian Presidency via AP)

Militants assault worshippers in Sinai, killing at least 200

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2017 file photo, women cry during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria Egypt, at the Mar Amina church. Egypt has been battling an insurgency in the Sinai led by an affiliate of the Islamic State group that intensified after the military’s 2013 ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power. Hundreds have been killed in what has become a grinding stalemate in Sinai. The militants have expanded their attacks to other parts of Egypt, carrying out deadly bombings of churches to terrorize the Christian minority and deadly gunbattles with security forces. (AP Photo/Samer Abdallah, File)

A look at the deadliest militant attacks in Egypt

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Abdallah Abdel Nasser, 14, receives medical treatment at Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, after he was in injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 200 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Militants attack Egyptian mosque, kill at least 235 people

By Brian Rohan and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, center, Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, right, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, shake hands after their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. The leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece meet in the Cypriot capital for talks on forging closer ties and boosting cooperation on issues including energy following the discovery of gas deposits in the east Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus, Egypt, Greece pledge closer cooperation on migration

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press