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Brian Rohan

European Council President Donald Tusk, left, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, right, attend a round table meeting at an EU-Arab summit at the Sharm El Sheikh convention center in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, February 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
February 25, 2019, 7:15 pm
Sissi says Europe should not lecture Egypt on human rights
Europeans do not understand conflict in Arab world, Egypt’s president tells reporters, as rights groups criticize country for at least 15 executions carried out this year
By LORNE COOK and Brian Rohan
A picture taken on October 21, 2017 shows an Egyptian policeman standing guard in the new city of el-Alamien, west of Alexandria. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
January 11, 2019, 1:56 pm
Egypt deports German citizen over alleged terror suspicions
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who was detained in December, repatriated to Frankfurt, airport officials say
By Brian Rohan
In this December 16, 2018 photo, workers landscape grounds at the Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in front of the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
Vast complex will eventually hold some 50,000 artifacts, house a cinema, restaurants and a hotel in bid to help draw tourists back to the country after years of chaos
By Brian Rohan
Illustrative: In this November 25, 2017 file photo, a burned truck remains outside the Al-Rawda Mosque a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshipers, in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt. (AP Photo/Tarek Samy)
September 27, 2018, 10:40 am
Egypt arming Sinai tribesmen in fight against Islamic State
Bedouin forces to man checkpoints, accompany military patrols deep inside the peninsula where their local knowledge gives them an advantage
By Brian Rohan
An Egyptian woman walks past an electoral banner commissioned by a member of parliament depicting incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi seen with a caption reading in Arabic "for the sake of Egypt we will continue the story of a nation," outside a polling station in the capital Cairo's central neighborhood of Zamalek on March 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
March 26, 2018, 3:02 pm
Egyptians vote, with President Sissi certain winner
Polls open after all serious rivals are barred from running; authorities focus on efforts to legitimize elections by boosting turnout
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Brian Rohan
Banners showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hang in Tahrir Square, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 25, 2018, 10:12 pm
Portraits of Egypt’s leader fill iconic Cairo square
Site of 2011 mass anti-government protests now plastered with huge pictures of el-Sissi, as general-turned-president heads to reelection in controversial vote
By Brian Rohan
In this March 14, 2018 photo, staff working for the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival walk outside their office in Cairo. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 18, 2018, 7:17 pm
Egypt censors play ‘Before the Revolution,’ director appeals
Rather than remove scenes, director cancels show depicting feelings of oppression and stagnation before 2011 uprising that overthrew Mubarak
By Brian Rohan
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP/Amr Nabil)
March 6, 2018, 9:29 pm
British MPs ask to visit Egypt’s ailing former president
Bipartisan group slams ‘appalling conditions’ of Mohammed Morsi’s incarceration, says family has only visited him twice in 4 years
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Cairo, Egypt, on March 4, 2018. (Mohammed Samaha/Egypt's state news agency, MENA via AP/File)
March 5, 2018, 7:29 pm
Egypt seeks closer ties during visit by Saudi crown prince
Sissi looks to Riyadh for investment, as he discusses Syrian, Yemen civil wars with Mohammed bin Salman
By Brian Rohan
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, speaks during a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry after their meeting, at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 12, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
February 12, 2018, 5:08 pm
In Cairo, Tillerson says US, Egypt committed to defeating Islamic State
Secretary of state begins week-long Mideast tour by meeting Egyptian counterpart, who thanks Washington for support in war against jihadist group
By Brian Rohan
In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 2, 2017, 10:46 pm
Scientists discover hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Researchers still seeking to determine purpose of newly discovered room, which was found above the structure’s Grand Gallery
By Brian Rohan
Illustrative image of a rainbow flag, seen during the annual gay pride parade in central Jerusalem, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 26, 2017, 2:55 am
Egypt arrests seven who raised rainbow flag at concert
Security officials say homosexual men charged with ‘inciting immorality’ after rare public support of gay rights
By Brian Rohan
A Christian man who fled el-Arish stands outside the Evangelical Church in Ismailia, 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State militants are fleeing the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a fourth day, after a string of sectarian killings there sent hundreds fleeing and raised accusations the government is failing to protect the minority. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
February 26, 2017, 6:25 pm
Fearing terror, Egyptian Christians flee Sinai for 4th day
Over 100 families from el-Arish move to Ismailia near the Suez Canal due to violence from Islamic State affiliates
By Brian Rohan
Taken on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter looks at Islamic State militant positions during heavy fighting in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
November 13, 2016, 11:46 am
Rights group accuses Iraqi Kurds of destroying Arab homes
Several villages said demolished ‘for no legitimate military purpose’ in areas retaken from Islamic State in recent years
By Brian Rohan
A member of the Iraqi forces checks a mass grave they discovered in the Hamam al-Alil area on November 7, 2016 after they recaptured the area from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul, the last IS-held Iraqi city. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
November 8, 2016, 5:40 pm
Iraqi experts probe mass grave found near IS-held Mosul
Bones, decomposed bodies and scraps of clothing uncovered by security forces advancing further into jihadist territory
By Brian Rohan
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