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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi (far left), and other officials follow a soldier carrying medals of troops killed in Friday’s assault in the Sinai Peninsula, during a military funeral in Cairo, Egypt, on October 25, 2014. (AP Photo/MENA, Sheriff Abd el-Moneim)
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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on October 25, 2014. (AFP)
Egypt: Sisi warns of “existential” battle after Sinai attack
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said “foreign hands” were behind Friday’s attack on troops in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula, which resulted in the deaths of 31 soldiers. In a speech following an emergency meeting of the Supreme...Caption:
Egyptian military policemen stand guard before the Africa Cup of Nations group G qualifying soccer match between Egypt and Tunisia in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Egypt
El-Arish, Egypt AP—A powerful explosion killed five Egyptian police conscripts and an officer near the border town of Rafah in the restive Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a local Al-Qaeda-inspired group, Egyptian security...Caption:
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak attends a Middle East peace talks event in the East Room at the White House in Washington DC on September 1, 2010. (Reuters/Jason Reed)
Mubarak resisted US pressure to give up the Sinai: The Secret Files
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Towards the end of his tenure, ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resisted pressures from Washington to cede Egyptian territory in the Sinai Peninsula to help create a Palestinian state, former senior members of Mubarak’s ruling party...Caption:
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), shakes hands with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)