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Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reviews a document during an Arab foreign ministers meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Arab League member states at a summit in this Red Sea resort have agreed in principle to form a joint inter-Arab military peacekeeping force. The agreement is a telling sign of a new determination among Saudi Arabia, Egypt and their allies to intervene aggressively in regional hotspots, whether against Islamic militants or spreading Iranian power. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Arab leaders agree to form joint military force

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, wearing an army uniform, ride on an armed truck to patrol the Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Yemen's President Abed Raboo Mansour Hadi, speaking at the opening session of an Arab summit in Egypt on Saturday, called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos there and demanding airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi blasts Shiite rebels as ‘stooges of Iran’

Associated Press

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, wearing an army uniform, ride on an armed truck to patrol the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Yemen's President Abed Raboo Mansour Hadi, speaking at an Arab summit in Egypt on Saturday, called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "puppets of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos there and demanding airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

DANIEL PIPES: Why Yemen matters

By Daniel Pipes

A Houthi Shiite fighter stands guard as people search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa airport in Yemen, Thursday. Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes targeting military installations in Yemen held by Shiite rebels. (Associated Press)

Yemen crisis threatens Obama Iran nuclear talks, further clouds Middle East policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on the main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

‘Islamist extremists,’ phrase rejected by Obama, embraced by allies

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on the need for reform in Islam by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

R. EMMETT TYRRELL: Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi challenges Islam’s archaic ways

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq on July 5, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, former Air Force mechanic, charged with trying to join Islamic State

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reshuffled his Cabinet on Thursday, March 5, 2015, replacing the powerful minister in charge of the nation's police along with five other ministers, state television reported. It said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of police, was replaced by another police general, Magdy Abdel-Ghafar, a career officer in the feared State Security Agency.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi replaces interior minister in reshuffle

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee to deliver the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Egypt gearing up for major attack on militants in Libya

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Egypt court declares Hamas a ‘terrorist’ group: report

Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, waves during a visit to the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. El-Sissi issued a law that broadens the state's definition of terrorism to include anyone who threatens public order "by any means," and gives authorities powers to draw up lists of alleged terrorists with little judicial recourse. The legislation was signed in the form of a decree last week and was distributed to reporters on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. El-Sissi has the power to approve new laws in the form of decrees. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

DINA KHAYAT: Egypt needs strong U.S. support now

By Dina Khayat

Secretary John Kerry meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the Countering Violent Extremism Summit at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can take to develop community-oriented approaches to counter extremist ideologies that radicalize, recruit and incite to violence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama admin. pressured to ignore Egypt’s human rights abuses as Islamic State threat grows

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Jordanian woman prays for Egyptian Christians who were killed in Libya, at the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. George for Coptic Orthodox Church, in Amman, Jordan. Wednesday, Feb. 18 2015. An Islamic State video released on 15 February claimed to show the extremist group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya more than a month ago. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Coptic Catholics consecrate first church in Sinai

By Oliver Maksan - Catholic News Agency

This file image made from a video released Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The Christians were beheaded. (AP Photo, File)

Islamic State escalates fight with Egypt, kidnaps 35 Egyptian nationals

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this image made from video broadcast on Egyptian state television on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, a fighter jet leaves the hangar in preparation to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Egyptian Coptic Christians it had held hostage for weeks. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television via AP video)

Egypt strikes IS group in Libya after video of mass killing

By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2001 file photo, a French Air Force Rafale manufactured by France's Dassault Aviation speeds above Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, France, during the 44th Paris Air Show. Egypt will become the first foreign buyer of Rafale fighter jets, French officials said Thursday, purchasing 24 of the multi-role French-made aircraft as part of a 5.2 billion-euro (US$5.93 billion) defense deal that will strengthen Cairo's military might in a tense and violent region. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

Egypt signs agreements to purchase advanced French warplanes

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Egypt's government said its fighter jets pounded Islamic State camps and arms depots across the border in Libya, in the morning and in the afternoon, in response to a horrific video the terrorist group posted showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. (Associated Press)

Islamic State announces expansion into Libya with Egyptian Christians beheading video

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. A new trial for Morsi opened Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in Cairo, with prosecutors accusing him of espionage and leaking confidential information to Qatar while in office. Morsi, overthrown in July 2013 following mass protests demanding his resignation, does not recognize the court, and insists Egypt's current leadership came to power in a coup d'etat and is thus illegitimate. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas, File)

Ousted Egypt president starts latest trial on spying charge

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

2 Al-Jazeera journalists freed from prison in Egypt

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press