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Palestinians leave their homes following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

Egyptian reporter’s journey from think tank to jail cell

By JULIA BRYANT - 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 - This file photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, a militant organization, shows a deadly attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian officials say at least 10 security troops have been killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in northeastern Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the Friday, July 7, 2017 attack started when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the checkpoint in southern Rafah village of el-Barth, followed by heavy shooting by dozens of masked militants on foot. Arabic reads, &quot;Walking around the building at the fire station after searching and taking control.&quot; (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP, File)

IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, a militant organization, shows a deadly attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian officials say at least 10 security troops have been killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in northeastern Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the Friday, July 7, 2017 attack started when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the checkpoint in southern Rafah village of el-Barth, followed by heavy shooting by dozens of masked militants on foot. Arabic reads, &quot;Walking around the building at the fire station after searching and taking control.&quot; (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP, File)

IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said only about 331,000 illegal immigrants were caught on the border in fiscal year 2015, which ended last week. That was the lowest number since 2011. When the numbers are finalized, they could dip to rates not seen since the early 1970s. (Associated Press)

DHS to tighten security on flights headed to U.S. after Russian plane crash

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

With the devastating crash that killed 224 people Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula, the cockpit voice recorder of the Metrojet Airbus 321-200 sustained substantial damage, Russian and Egyptian officials said Wednesday. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russian jet crash in Egypt likely caused by bomb, U.S. and British officials say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

James Clapper: Islamic State may have taken down Russian plane in Egypt

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People gather at the airline information desk at of Russian airline Kogalymavia’s desk at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, after a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard crashed. Russia's civil air agency is expected to have a news conference shortly to talk about the Russian Metrojet passenger plane that Egyptian authorities say has crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Egypt says Russian aircraft crashes in Sinai; no survivors

By Brian Rohan and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Egyptians gather around the crater following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 11, 2015. The explosion comes hours after a roadside bomb killed six soldiers traveling south of el-Arish in an armored vehicle. The region has been hit by an Islamic insurgency by a group that recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry)

Attacks on troops in Egypt’s Sinai kill at least 14

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, file photo, a man and child walk past a crater from a suicide car bomb attack on the road between the border town of Rafah and the coastal city of el-Arish, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abu Deraa, File)

Jihadists spread terrorism in chaos of Egypt, target military

By Daria Solovieva - Special to The Washington Times

Sheik Asaad el Beik (Mohannad Sabry/Special to The Washington Times)

Islamic law rises as Sinai lacks order in the courts

By Mohannad Sabry - Special to The Washington Times