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An Egyptian looks at a vehicle lit on fire during a riot outside the Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt, in this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, photo. Egypt's Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after more than 20 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside the Cairo stadium. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gwad, El Shorouk Newspaper)

Egypt soccer violence revives scrutiny of police

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a courtroom at the Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, in this Sept. 14, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar, File)

Hosni Mubarak’s sons freed from Egyptian prison, officials say

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

President Obama touring the Great Pyramids of Giza after his speech in Cairo to the Muslim world on June 4, 2009. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

CHARLES ORTEL: Jihad v. cartoons: Obama administration remains on wrong side

By Charles Ortel

Men who were arrested in a televised raid last month by police looking for gays at a Cairo public bathhouse, hide their faces after an Egyptian court acquitted them in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt acquits 26 men in trial over police raid on gays

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

"We need to revolutionize our religion," Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a startling speech. (Associated Press)

Islamic ideology driving terrorists to kill, Egypt’s president tells Muslim clerics

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This Monday, May 5, 2014 photo released by the presidential campaign of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi shows the candidate greeting supporters at a gathering of some 600 women in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sissi acknowledged the importance of Egyptian women in shaping the nation's history and building the nation’s future according to campaign officials. (AP Photo/El-Sissi for President) **FILE**

CHARLES ORTEL: Will Egypt show America how to win the war on radical Islamic jihadism?

By Charles Ortel

A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday. Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car. (Associated press)

KEN ALLARD: Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi denounces Islamic extremism

By Ken Allard

Ahlam Fawzy Saber (center), an Egyptian Coptic Christian who lost two of her sisters and a niece in an apparent suicide bombing during midnight Mass, is helped back into the Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, after collapsing from emotion following morning Mass on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Grieving Christians, many clad in black, were back praying Sunday in the blood-spattered church, where 21 worshippers were killed in the blast. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ** FILE **

Cairo-area Coptic Christian church left vulnerable as guards gunned down

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Libyan gunmen kidnap at least 20 Christians: ‘They had a list of full names’

Associated Press

This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Joel Edgerton, left, and Dar Salim in a scene from "Exodus: Gods and Kings." Egypt has banned the movie. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Kerry Brown)

‘Exodus’ film banned in Egypt

By Kelsey Dallas - Deseret News

Illustration on benefits of domestic natural gas production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MARIOS EFTHYMIOPOULOS: Cyprus, Israel energy race needs U.S. natural gas ally

By Marios P. Efthymiopoulos

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, at a military base in Ismailia, Egypt. Having secured victory in a referendum on a relatively liberal constitution that he championed, insiders say Egypt's military chief is turning his attention to the country’s overwhelming array of problems _ from health and education to government subsidies and investment. The revelations offer the latest indication that Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is planning a run for president, capping a stunning transformation for the 59-year-old who started in the infantry. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File) **FILE**

BRUCE FEIN: Stop U.S. democracy promotion abroad

By Bruce Fein

In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 photo, Egyptian lawyer Ragia Omran, right, speaks with lawyer Khaled Ali, during a trial session of activists facing charges on organizing unauthorized protests, at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt. Revolution supporters have been left demoralized. Some are in prison, some have left the country. Some, as Omran puts, are getting married and trying to live their lives. Others, like Omran and human rights lawyers doing similar work, are simply doing what they can. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

A lonely fight defending Egypt’s jailed dissidents

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

A general view of the Eshkol power station in the coastal city of Ashdod, southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. A top official at a U.S. energy company developing natural gas fields off the coast of Israel urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, saying the agency is vital to clinching development deals for American companies in the region. **FILE**

Ex-Im Bank called vital for U.S.-Israeli offshore oil project

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, in this May 8, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas, File)

Canadian Embassy in Egypt closes amid security fears

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An Egyptian man carries newspapers with a photo of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on it, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. A judge dismissed murder charges Saturday, Nov. 29, against former President Hosni Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the killing of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising, crushing any hope of a judicial reckoning on behalf of the hundreds victims of the revolt that toppled him. Protests are planned for Tuesday against the verdict. The headline on the newspaper in Arabic reads, "enough already." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Jen Psaki caught on mic calling own Egypt line ‘ridiculous’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse during a court hearing on charges of inciting the murder of his opponents, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said prosecutors have asked for the death sentence for Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on trial on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law, File) **FILE**

CHARLES ORTEL: Obama administration standing may be sullied in a Cairo trial

By Charles Ortel

In this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, photo, the Iraqi army soldiers deployed in front of the Islamic court run by the Islamic State group in the town of Sadiyah, 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq in Diyala province, Iraq. Iraqi authorities say Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militias have retaken two towns seized previously by militants in an eastern province. (AP Photo)

Islamic State-tied group in Egypt claims it killed U.S. worker

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times