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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reportedly urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accept a “graded reconciliation” with Hamas as part of a deal that would see the 82-year old take control of the Gaza Strip.

CAIRO, Egypt — The Egyptian army said Tuesday that 450 jihadists are estimated to have been killed in its eight-month offensive against the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula.

First Lady Melania Trump embarked on a solo trip to Africa this week to celebrate and bring attention to those working with America in fostering the well being of children on the other side of the world.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will reportedly cut financial aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip in protest over Qatar’s decision to circumvent the PA and send funds directly to the Hamas-run coastal enclave.

CAIRO – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a law granting authorities the right to monitor social media users in the country as part of tightening internet controls, the official gazette said Saturday.

The United States has provided a further $195 million to Egypt in military aid, despite concern over the country’s dismal human rights record. 

CAIRO — Egypt’s prime minister submitted his government’s resignation on Tuesday, three days after President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in for a second, four-year term in office.

CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been reelected for a second term with 92 percent of the vote, state media reported on Thursday citing preliminary results.

Egypt began the second of a three-day presidential election with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to coast to victory.

With Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the cusp of winning a second term in this month’s election, what’s left of the opposition is reduced to praying he will step aside in four years.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Thursday that he is prepared to personally join the battle against Islamic State militants in the Sinai Peninsula. Before assuming the presidency following a 2013 coup, Sisi held the rank of general and was head of Egypt’s armed forces.

Egypt wants its citizens to report on the news media. Escalating a pre-election crackdown on independent or critical reporting, Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to alert them to reports they view as undermining security or spreading false news.

Egypt’s military said on Sunday four soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed in a military operation in Sinai against Islamic State group jihadists.

Campaigning began in Egypt’s presidential election on Saturday with incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi likely to romp to victory in the absence of a serious challenger in the two-candidate race.

CAIRO, Egypt — Campaigning began in Egypt’s presidential election on Saturday with incumbent Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, likely to romp to victory in the absence of a serious challenger in the two-candidate race.

Appearing at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Cairo on Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry deflected questions about political freedom in his country by claiming human rights activists lack “information” and a “direct association” with Egyptian society.

Contents: Egypt’s army launches ‘Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018’ to purge country of terrorism; Multiple reports indicate that Egypt and Israel are cooperating in Sinai

TEL AVIV – Israeli drones, jets, and helicopters have carried out a covert campaign with more than 100 airstrikes against Islamic State-affiliated terrorists in the Sinai over the past two years, when Egypt proved unable to deal with the jihadist threat inside its borders, the New York Times reported Saturday.

It looked as if Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would run for re-election unopposed, but a competing candidate managed to qualify for the March presidential election just minutes before the registration deadline. It probably still won’t be much of a race, as newly minted presidential candidate Mousa Mostafa Mousa leads a party that has endorsed Sisi for re-election and organized political events on the incumbent’s behalf within the last few days.

CAIRO – Egypt’s ultra-conservative Islamist Al-Nour party has decided to support President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in his bid to be re-elected in March, the party said on Sunday.

Contents: Egypt’s presidential election becomes a farce as opposition candidates are forced out; Tensions rise between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River dam

CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday formally submitted his candidacy for presidential elections in March that he looks certain to dominate as a string of potential challengers have dropped out.

CAIRO — US Vice President Mike Pence met Saturday with Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and sought to reassure him that the US would support a two-state solution and was still committed to working toward Israeli-Palestinian peace despite anger in the Arab world over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian president on Wednesday again blasted Donald Trump in a fiery and emotional speech, saying the U.S. leader’s decision to recognize contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “sinful” and “ill-fated.”

TEL AVIV — Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrated Christmas on Sunday according to the Orthodox calendar with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi himself participating in prayers for the holiday in Cairo’s biggest cathedral.

Coptic Orthodox Christians packed Egypt’s newly built Nativity of Christ Cathedral on Saturday for a Christmas Eve mass after a bloody year for a minority repeatedly targeted by jihadists.

TEL AVIV — Wilyat Sinai, the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State organization, has released a video in which it accuses Hamas of betraying Islam and fighting against jihadists in the Gaza Strip, escalating the ongoing propaganda war between the two terrorist groups.

Egypt on Tuesday executed four Islamists following their conviction by a military tribunal of killing three military academy students in a 2015 bomb attack that wounded six others.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Monday for the last leg of a day-long diplomatic dash, during which he ordered the partial withdrawal of Russia’s troops from the war-torn country.

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas was set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Monday for discussions on the Trump administration’s Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

President Donald Trump held separate phone calls with several Middle Eastern leaders on Tuesday during which he reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and potential decisions regarding Jerusalem.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday approved a draft agreement with Egypt that will allow Russian warplanes to operate from Egyptian air bases, and vice versa, for at least five years.

Between 25 and 30 men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) carried out the deadly assault on a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s Sinai while donning military combat uniforms.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a Fox News contributor and author of Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss the horrific terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt, with over 300 fatalities.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pledged to use “brute force against that small band of extremist terrorists” following a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in the Northern Sinai region on Friday which left 235 worshipers dead and over 100 injured.

They arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque’s door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his Friday sermon from atop the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed grenades at the estimated 500 worshipers inside. When the violence finally stopped, more than 300 people, including 27 children, had been killed and 128 injured.