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An Egyptian archeologist points at a colored painting showing offering sacrifices at a recently uncovered tomb that was said to belong to a top official of the fifth Dynasty named "Ne Hesut Ba" (2400 BC), at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Saqqara is a part of Egypt's ancient capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis

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First lady Jill Biden waits with President Joe Biden to greet South Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on the North Portico of the White House in Washington ahead of a State Dinner, April 26, 2023. Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment, and attend a Jordanian royal wedding, during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The first lady's office says she'll depart on a six-day trip that will take her to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Jill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, North Africa, Europe

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Smoke rises over the skyline following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, in a first response to Israeli airstrikes that have killed 16 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as Cairo presses on with efforts to mediate truce

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, Feb. 26, 2023. Gamal Rushdy, a spokesman for the Arab League said Friday, May 5, 2023 that diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about the fighting in Sudan and the prospect of Syria's return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended. (SANA via AP, File)

Arab League ministers move to end Syria’s isolation despite U.S. concerns

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Al Jazeera says long-held correspondent released in Egypt

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry shake hands after a joint news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, April 13, 2023. Shoukry is in Turkey as the two countries attempt to improve relations. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey, Egypt to reappoint ambassadors as ties improve

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Israeli police are deployed at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a raid at the site during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Palestinian media reported police attacked Palestinian worshippers, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Violence at holy Jerusalem site raises tension over holidays

By Mahmoud Illean and Fares Akram - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Syria’s chief diplomat was in Cairo on Saturday, April 1, 2023, a step forward in the process of normalizing ties between the two countries. It was the first trip for a Syrian foreign minister to Egypt in over a decade. (Alexander Nememov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Syria’s foreign minister visits Egyptian counterpart in step toward restoring ties

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Policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, Dec 12, 2012. Egypt unveiled on Thursday, March 2, 2023, the discovery of a 9-meter-long chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, the first to be found on the structure’s north side. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt reveals 9-meter long chamber inside Great Pyramid

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An Egyptian buys fruits at a supermarket in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Annual inflation reached 26.5% in January, the highest in five years, and food prices in urban areas soared 48% last month, according to official figures. But the price increases consumers see in markets and grocery stores are much steeper. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

In Egypt, government and poor struggle with troubled economy

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Illustration on enduring Egyptian/American cooperation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Egypt, U.S. poised to unlock further avenues for cooperation, stronger ties

By Motaz Zahran

A recently discovered artifact is displayed at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, the director of the Egyptian excavation team, announced that the expedition found a group of Old Kingdom tombs dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt unveils tombs and sarcophagus in new excavation

By Mohamed Wagdy - Associated Press

Palestinian demonstrators burn tires in a protest against a deadly Israeli army raid at Aida Refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. During the raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days of fighting in years. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest militants when a gun battle erupted. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Blinken headed to Mideast as U.S. alarm over violence grows

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Mostafa Waziri, top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, takes a look with a magnifier at an ancient wooden sarcophagus during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)

Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from U.S.

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Simon Stiell, U.N. climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Stiell acknowledges nations didn’t do anything additional to address climate change itself at the summit, reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases. The progress made last year at the meeting in Glasgow was maintained, he said. “There was no backtracking&quot;. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

U.N. climate boss settles for no cuts on emissions

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2014. The family of the imprisoned Egyptian activist says that they have seen him on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.&quot; (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Family of Egypt activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says he has ‘deteriorated’ since hunger strike

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Demonstrators pretend to resuscitate the Earth while advocating for the 1.5 degree warming goal to survive at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Climate talks deal with fast coming deadlines, slow progress

By Frank Jordans, Samy Magdy and Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves as he arrives at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

At climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says deforestation to stop

By Peter Prengaman - Associated Press

People move through a market in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

By Dan Ikpoyi and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

FILE - A demonstrator holds a sign reading &quot;climate justice&quot; at a Fridays for Future protest calling for money for climate action at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. As the U.N. climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they’ll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UN climate talks reach halftime with key issues unresolved

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press