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In this photo provided by Egypt's presidency media office, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, right, talks to European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)

Egypt’s president is sworn in for a third 6-year term after running virtually unopposed

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Palestinians walk by the destroyed building of Al Nuseirat Bakery in an Israeli airstrike Nusseirat refugee camp Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, self-exiled contractor Mohamed Ali, from Egypt, poses for a photo at an office in Spain. A state-run Egyptian newspaper says Ali, whose allegations of corruption against the country's ruling military sparked rare protests has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for tax evasion. Ali had released a series of viral videos from Spain earlier this year, pitching himself as a former government insider who witnessed high-level corruption and large-scale misuse of funds as a construction contractor for the military. Ali did not provide evidence to support his claims. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Egyptian whistleblower gets 5-year sentence in absentia

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a poster of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Egypt's parliament was holding its last debate Tuesday on proposed amendments to the constitution that could see President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi remain in power until 2030. Arabic reads, &quot;do the right thing, yes to the developments, stability and amendments to the the constitution&quot;.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

The Latest: Egypt begins vote on extending el-Sissi’s rule

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FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, then was, Egyptian armed forces Chief of Staff, Sami Anan performs prayers for the 16 Egyptian soldiers who were killed in Cairo, Egypt. A senior Muslim Brotherhood leader has written an open letter to a retired Egyptian army general seeking to run for president, listing the outlawed group's conditions for supporting his candidacy against Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a general-turned-president who has decimated the Brotherhood since removing it from power in 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi formally submits nomination documents

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In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks in a nationally televised speech, announcing that he will run for president, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. In a nationally televised speech, el-Sissi said he has resigned from the military. Wearing military fatigues, he said it was the last time he would wear it and that &quot;I give up the uniform to defend the nation&quot; and run in elections expected next month. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

In Egypt’s political vacuum, el-Sissi looms large

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and LEE KEATH - Associated Press

State news agency: Council of top generals endorses a presidential run by army chief el-Sissi

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