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German restorer Christian Eckmann examines the beard of the famed golden mask of King Tutankhamun as an Egyptian-German team begins restoration work over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The 3,300-year-old burial pharaonic mask was discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb along with other artifacts by British archeologists in 1922, sparking worldwide interest in archaeology and ancient Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt fixes Tutankhamun mask after botched epoxy repair

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, the gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case during a press tour, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. The restoration of King Tutankhamun's world-famous golden mask will begin Saturday, over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, Egypt's state-run news agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt to restore King Tut mask after botched epoxy job

By Maram Mazen - Associated Press

People gather near the scene where a bomb exploded early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, near a national security building in the Shubra el-Kheima neighborhood of Cairo. For blocks around the blast site in the popular residential neighborhood, glass from blown-out windows could be seen on the street. (AP Photo/Brian Rohan)

Bomb explodes in Cairo, Egypt, neighborhood, wounds 6 people

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants, Sunday, April 19, 2015, shows a group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before they were killed by Islamic State militants, in Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Arab League agrees to use military force against ISIS in Libya, unsure on airstrikes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi waves as he arrives to the opening ceremony of the new section of the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. A new 54-article anti-terrorism bill signed into law by el-Sissi was announced on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, establishing stiffer prison sentences for offences deemed to be terrorism-related, heavy fines for journalists who publish “false news” and a special judicial circuit for terrorism-related cases. Egypt has not had a parliament for over two years, and legislative authority rests with el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt president approves sweeping anti-terrorism law

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. An online image purports to show the Croatian hostage being held by an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt has been beheaded. (Militant video via AP, File)

Tomislav Salopek, Croatian hostage, reportedly beheaded by Islamic State

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

An Egyptian soldier stands guard near the Suez Canal as an American container ship crosses the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, in this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, file photo. Egypt on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, will unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal, a mega-project that has emerged as a cornerstone of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s efforts to restore national pride and revive the economy after years of unrest. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt to unveil Suez Canal extension in hope of a new era

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

A U.S. Navy plane lands at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, on Wednesday. Turkey agreed to allow the U.S.-led coalition to launch airstrikes against Islamic State from the base but now Egypt is accusing Turkey of working with the Islamic State on the Sinai Peninsula, a bitter feud likely complicate the Obama administration's regional plans. (Associated Press)

Turkey-Egypt feud undercuts U.S. hopes for Middle East

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Muhamed Sabry - The Washington Times

ISIS Dominoes Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

WILLIAM TRIPLETT: Syria’s collapse crushing millions

By William C. Triplett II

Egyptian police officers stand on the 6th October bridge opposite the Italian consulate following a blast in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 11, 2015. A large explosion struck outside the Italian Consulate in Egypt's capital Cairo early Saturday, severely damaging the building and killing one civilian, and injuring four others, officials said. An Italian diplomat said the consulate was closed at the time and no staff members were wounded in the blast. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ** FILE **

Islamic State in Egypt claims responsibility for Cairo consulate bombing; 1 killed

Associated Press

In this undated image released by MGM, actor Omar Sharif appears in a scene from the film, "Doctor Zhivago." (AP Photo/MGM, File)

Omar Sharif, star of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ dies

By Sarah El Deeb and Greg Katz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 2, 2015, file photo, people carry the coffin for 1st Lt. Mohammed Ashraf, killed in Wednesday's attack by Islamic militants in the Sinai, during the funeral procession in Ashmoun, north of Cairo, Egypt. When Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi led the army’s overthrow of Egypt’s Islamist president two years ago, he promised to usher in new stability for the country. Instead, now President el-Sissi is facing an even tougher challenge: An Islamic militant insurgency that unleashed its worst violence yet the past week. (AP Photo/Ashour Abosalm, File)

Egypt marks 2nd anniversary of Islamist ouster with mourning

By BRIAN ROHAN and DAN PERRY - Associated Press

Egyptian soldiers sit atop a military personnel carrier securing the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Dozens of Islamic militants unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing at least 64 soldiers, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ebaid)

Egypt’s warplanes strike back at militants in troubled Sinai

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Emergency personnel inspect damage after a bomb attack has targeted Egypt's prosecutor general in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 29, 2015. The official says Monday's attack targeted Hisham Barakat's convoy. The prosecutor's two security guards and a civilian were wounded. The official says it's not yet clear if Barakat was hurt or not. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)

Bomb kills Egypt’s top prosecutor as he drives to work

By BRIAN ROHAN and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

A man loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh inspects at Saleh's house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies in the country's splintered armed forces said Sunday they would accept a five-day humanitarian cease-fire to allow aid to reach civilians after more than a month of daily Saudi-led airstrikes. Saleh and his forces back Shiite rebels also known as the Houthis, who are also backed by Iran. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A look at nations involved in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt&#8217;s deposed leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were sentenced Saturday to three years in prison and a fine in a retrial on corruption charges they faced earlier. It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear whether it will include time he&#8217;s already served since his country&#8217;s 2011 revolt. (AP Photo/Tarek el Gabbas, File)

Hosni Mubarak, sons sentenced to 3 years in prison by Cairo court

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2015 file photo, militiamen loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ride on an army vehicle on a street in Aden, Yemen. Aden, once Yemen&#8217;s commercial hub, has been hit by a month of unrelenting urban warfare as Shiite rebels and their allies in the military try to capture the city, battling with local militiamen as warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pound the city with airstrikes trying to stop the rebel advance. (AP Photo/Yassir Hassan, File)

Arab coalition ‘reconnaissance’ troops land in Yemen

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Egyptians gather around the crater following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 11, 2015. The explosion comes hours after a roadside bomb killed six soldiers traveling south of el-Arish in an armored vehicle. The region has been hit by an Islamic insurgency by a group that recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry)

Attacks on troops in Egypt’s Sinai kill at least 14

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 photo, Ragab Farghali, 28, holds the photo of his 30-year-old brother, Walid Farghali, who was killed by an Egyptian policeman, during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. A 30-year-old minibus driver, Walid Farghali was shot in the chest by a policeman on Feb. 1 after he tried to get away when asked for his driver’s license. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Silence in Egypt over police abuses amid ‘war on terror’

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reshuffled his Cabinet on Thursday, March 5, 2015, replacing the powerful minister in charge of the nation's police along with five other ministers, state television reported. It said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of police, was replaced by another police general, Magdy Abdel-Ghafar, a career officer in the feared State Security Agency.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi replaces interior minister in reshuffle

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press