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A Sphinx statue fragment found by Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologists at the Tel Hazor excavations north of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. (Image by Hebrew University)

Unique Egyptian sphinx unearthed in Israel

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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PRICE: Obama’s miscues in Egypt

By John Price

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (Associated Press)

HAMID: The post-Morsi reality in Egypt

By Tawfik Hamid

‘We aired lies’: Al-Jazeera staff quit over biased Egypt coverage

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Egyptian Interim President Adly Mansour (right) meets with Hazem el-Beblawi in Cairo on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Mr. Mansour has appointed Mr. el-Beblawi, a prominent economist, as prime minister. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt’s interim president names leadership, Salafists approve

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks during the final day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on March 16, 2013.
(T.J. Kirkpatrick/Special to The Washington Times)

Sarah Palin slams John Kerry yacht brouhaha: Government again ‘lied to us’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television shows President Mohammed Morsi addressing the nation in a televised speech on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Hundreds of Morsi supporters rally in Chicago

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Egyptian soldiers stand guard around the Republican Guard building in Cairo. Soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. More than 50 people have been killed in the violence. (Associated Press)

‘Coup’ in Egypt would put U.S. in a delicate dilemma over aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on July 8, 2013. (Associated Press)

Carney refuses to say ‘coup’ happened in Egypt

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (Associated Press)

Egyptian Islamists, citing ‘bloodbath,’ call for revolt against military

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, July 7, 2013. The country's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence over the military's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian factions work on compromise on premiership as protests continue

By Maggie Michael and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest near Cairo University on Sunday as tensions mount between Islamists and the U.S.-backed secular military. (Associated Press)

Ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president a product of army’s U.S. military training

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday while supporters of the country's first democratically elected president counter with protest demanding that he be reinstated.

Islamists ‘will stay in the streets’ until Morsi returns

By Daria Solovieva - Special to the Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Mike Rogers: Egyptian military deserves continued U.S. support

By David Sherfinski and David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Palestinian Hamas security guards stand near an Egyptian watch tower on the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Islamist gunmen attack Sinai, killing 1 and wounding 2

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Supporters and opposition of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo on July 5, 2013. Tens of thousands of Islamists streamed across a Nile River bridge toward Cairo's Tahrir Square, threatening a showdown moments after the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood defiantly spoke before a cheering crowd of supporters, vowing to reinstate Morsi and end military rule. (Associated Press)

Clashes erupt in major pushback by Egypt Islamists

By Lee Keath, Maggie Michael and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

A senior producer for "CBS This Morning" tweeted this photo Wednesday of the yacht of Secretary of State John Kerry, who the producer says was aboard the yacht as Egypt's military overthrew the nation's president.

State Department reversal: John Kerry was on yacht during Morsi ouster

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour, center, is applauded by chiefs of the constitutional court after he is sworn in as the nation's interim president Thursday, July 4, 2013. The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s military takes charge with Morsi in custody; other Brotherhood leaders being sought

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Egypt’s chief justice sworn in, pushes to keep the revolution going

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama convenes a meeting with his national security team at the White House, Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Credit/Pete Souza)

Obama warns Egypt against arbitrary arrests during Situation Room summit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times