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In this Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 photo, Egypt’s most prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah takes a moment as he speaks about his late father Ahmed Seif, one of Egypt’s most respected human rights lawyers, during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, near Tahrir Square. A court in Egypt has sentenced Abdel-Fattah, an icon of its 2011 revolt to five years in prison after a retrial on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egyptian court sentences activist to 5 years in prison

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Secretary John Kerry meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the Countering Violent Extremism Summit at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can take to develop community-oriented approaches to counter extremist ideologies that radicalize, recruit and incite to violence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama admin. pressured to ignore Egypt’s human rights abuses as Islamic State threat grows

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image made from video broadcast on Egyptian state television on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, a fighter jet leaves the hangar in preparation to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Egyptian Coptic Christians it had held hostage for weeks. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television via AP video)

Egypt strikes IS group in Libya after video of mass killing

By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Egypt's government said its fighter jets pounded Islamic State camps and arms depots across the border in Libya, in the morning and in the afternoon, in response to a horrific video the terrorist group posted showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. (Associated Press)

Islamic State announces expansion into Libya with Egyptian Christians beheading video

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 21, 2001 file photo, a French Air Force Rafale manufactured by France's Dassault Aviation speeds above Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, France, during the 44th Paris Air Show. Egypt will become the first foreign buyer of Rafale fighter jets, French officials said Thursday, purchasing 24 of the multi-role French-made aircraft as part of a 5.2 billion-euro (US$5.93 billion) defense deal that will strengthen Cairo's military might in a tense and violent region. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

Egypt signs agreements to purchase advanced French warplanes

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Egypt strikes Islamic State group in Libya after video of mass killing

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

2 Al-Jazeera journalists freed from prison in Egypt

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

An Egyptian looks at a vehicle lit on fire during a riot outside the Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt, in this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, photo. Egypt's Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after more than 20 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside the Cairo stadium. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gwad, El Shorouk Newspaper)

Egypt soccer violence revives scrutiny of police

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a courtroom at the Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, in this Sept. 14, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar, File)

Hosni Mubarak’s sons freed from Egyptian prison, officials say

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

"We need to revolutionize our religion," Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a startling speech. (Associated Press)

Islamic ideology driving terrorists to kill, Egypt’s president tells Muslim clerics

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ahlam Fawzy Saber (center), an Egyptian Coptic Christian who lost two of her sisters and a niece in an apparent suicide bombing during midnight Mass, is helped back into the Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, after collapsing from emotion following morning Mass on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Grieving Christians, many clad in black, were back praying Sunday in the blood-spattered church, where 21 worshippers were killed in the blast. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ** FILE **

Cairo-area Coptic Christian church left vulnerable as guards gunned down

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Libyan gunmen kidnap at least 20 Christians: ‘They had a list of full names’

Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 photo, Egyptian lawyer Ragia Omran, right, speaks with lawyer Khaled Ali, during a trial session of activists facing charges on organizing unauthorized protests, at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt. Revolution supporters have been left demoralized. Some are in prison, some have left the country. Some, as Omran puts, are getting married and trying to live their lives. Others, like Omran and human rights lawyers doing similar work, are simply doing what they can. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

A lonely fight defending Egypt’s jailed dissidents

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse during a court hearing on charges of inciting the murder of his opponents, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said prosecutors have asked for the death sentence for Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on trial on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law, File) **FILE**

CHARLES ORTEL: Obama administration standing may be sullied in a Cairo trial

By Charles Ortel

A fire truck drives towards smoke caused by an attack by Islamist militias during clashes with forces led by renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Islamist militias fought Wednesday with forces loyal to Hifter, who vows to seize the eastern city of Benghazi, as a top militia commander accused Egypt of bombing his positions with warplanes. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Sheikhy)

Egypt’s foray into Libya underlines its concerns

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and OMAR ALMOSMARI - Associated Press

Illustration on the U.S. funding rebuilding of Gaza by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

THOMAS: Rebuilding Gaza for the next attack

By Cal Thomas

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, addresses British troops, in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)

Cameron on Islamic State fight: ‘This is going to be our struggle now’

By Jon Gambrell and Shawn Pegatchnik - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the then Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, looks on after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar. The explosions rocking the Gaza Strip may seem far removed from the flashy cars and skyscrapers of ultra-rich Qatar, but efforts to end fighting between Hamas and Israel could hinge on how the tiny Gulf state wields its influence over a militant group with few friends left. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Some see Qatar’s hand in collapse of Gaza talks

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

A Palestinian man chants angry slogans as rescue workers search for victims under the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Rafah refugee camp, Southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel kills 3 Hamas military commanders in Gaza

By Karin Laub and Ian Deitch - Associated Press