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Egypt's Sisi in UAE for talks

Egypt's Sisi in UAE for talks
AFP | 05/04/2017 | Politics
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for talks with top officials, state media said. Sisi's visit comes 24 hours after the UAE brokered a meeting between Fayez al-Sarraj, head of Libya's UN-backed Government of...
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Egypt foreign ministry denies troops deployed in Syria

Egypt foreign ministry denies troops deployed in Syria
AFP | 11/28/2016 | Politics
CAIRO, EGYPT- Egypt on Sunday denied Arab media reports claiming that it had a military presence in Syria, days after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his support for the Syrian army. "These claims only exist in the imagination of those who promote them," the foreign ministry said in the...
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Egypt secures billion in investment at key conference for Sisi

Egypt secures billion in investment at key conference for Sisi
Mona Salem | 03/15/2015 | Politics
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT, Mona Salem- Egypt had secured billions of dollars in investment deals and aid pledges by Saturday at a conference hailed as a show of support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his fight against jihadists. Among the deals was a 4 billion euro ($4.2 billion) agreement...
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Egypt's Sisi vows to free wrongly jailed 'youths'

Egypt's Sisi vows to free wrongly jailed 'youths'
AFP | 02/23/2015 | Politics
CAIRO, EGYPT- President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised Sunday to release young people who may have been wrongly jailed during Egypt's crackdown on the opposition since he overthrew his Islamist predecessor in 2013. In an almost 40-minute televised address, Sisi also said the jihadist targets that...
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Clashes in Egypt's Sinai after jihadists kill 30

Clashes in Egypt's Sinai after jihadists kill 30
Haitham El-Tabei | 01/31/2015 | Politics
CAIRO, EGYPT, Haitham El-Tabei- Egypt's army and jihadists clashed in Sinai Friday, leaving two children dead, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi flew home early from an African summit after militant attacks killed at least 30 people. The top brass vowed to hunt down those behind the violence....
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Egypt's Sisi condemns 'terrorist act' on French paper

Egypt's Sisi condemns 'terrorist act' on French paper
AFP | 01/08/2015 | Politics
CAIRO, EGYPT- Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi condemned the "terrorist act" targeting a French satirical newspaper that left 12 dead on Wednesday, pledging Cairo's support to fight terrorism. The Egyptian leader expressed his condolences to his French counterpart Francois Hollande, the...
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Sisi to be sworn in as Egypt president Sunday

Sisi to be sworn in as Egypt president Sunday
AFP | 06/05/2014 | News
CAIRO- Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Egypt's first freely-elected leader, will be sworn in as president on Sunday after he overwhelmingly won last week's election, state media reported. The electoral commission on Tuesday said Sisi won 96.91 percent of the vote with a turnout of...
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Sisi sweeps election as Egypt military reasserts grip

Sisi sweeps election as Egypt military reasserts grip
Tony Gamal-Gabriel, Sarah Benhaida | 05/30/2014 | News
CAIRO, Tony Gamal-Gabriel, Sarah Benhaida- Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scored a crushing presidential election triumph and consolidated the military's grip, 11 months after the overthrow of the only Egyptian president not drawn from its ranks. Ninety-six percent of voters, at least 21...
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Egypt vote a two-man race between ex-army chief, leftist

Egypt vote a two-man race between ex-army chief, leftist
AFP | 04/21/2014 | Politics
CAIRO- Egypt's presidential election next month is set to be a contest between ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi, after nobody else entered the race by Sunday's cut-off. The lack of other candidates means the poll will be held over one round on May 26 and 27, with Sisi...
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