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In an exclusive interview with PBS Newshour, Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker imprisoned in Cairo for three years, speaks about the harrowing ordeal and her experience meeting President Trump in the Oval Office following her release last month. It is her first interview since an Egyptian judge acquitted ...
... attack the Islamic State claimed Saturday. "What you've seen today will not go unpunished. An extremely painful strike has been dealt to the bases. Egypt will never hesitate to strike terror bases anywhere," said Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in an address televised to Egypt on Friday. A ...
... the military took over in Egypt in 2011, there was violence against Christians. When the Muslim Brotherhood was in charge for a brief moment in Egypt, there was violence against Christians. And that violence against Christians in Egypt continues today under the government of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. HARI SREENIVASAN ...
President Donald Trump met Friday at the White House with an Egyptian-American charity worker who was freed after nearly three years of detention in Egypt. Trump was directly involved in negotiations to free Aya Hijazi, 30, said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Hijazi and her husband, Mohamed Hassanein ...
WASHINGTON — An Egyptian-American charity worker freed after nearly three years of detention in Egypt returned Thursday night to the United States, the White House said. Aya Hijazi, 30, and her husband, Mohamed Hassanein, an Egyptian, arrived in the Washington area, said a White House official who was not authorized ...
After three years in detention, an Egyptian-American aid worker named Aya Hijazi is scheduled to walk free tomorrow, along with her husband and six other co-defendants, after being cleared of child abuse and human trafficking charges, her lawyers confirmed today. The case became emblematic of Egypt’s widespread ...
... accused countries, without specifying which ones, of contributing to Egypt’s instability and called for a three-month state of emergency, according to the AP. "Egyptians have foiled plots and efforts by countries and fascist, terrorist organizations that tried to control Egypt," he said. Egypt's Parliament must vote in ...
... behind President El-Sisi. He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. MARGARET WARNER: The Egyptian leader, facing an Islamist insurgency in Sinai, welcomed the president's words. ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI, Egyptian President: Since we ...
... Obama. "This is my first state visit to the United States since my inauguration and this is the first visit in eight years for an Egyptian president to the United States," el-Sissi said. Obama never invited the Egyptian leader to the White House and Egypt's government was repeatedly ...
... the connection the two presidents established when they first met in New York last year. The visit raises questions about U.S. foreign aid to Egypt and al-Sisi's human rights record since he overthrew Egypt's first democratically-elected president in 2013. "New York Times" White House correspondent ...
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