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Can Egypt's Brotherhood restore ties with Cairo?

Don’t expect the Egyptian regime to forgive or forget the serious crimes of Muslim Brotherhood leaders, but there may be some hope for youthful offenders.

Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie shouts solgans against the Interior Ministery behind bars during the trial of 738 brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 31, 2016. - RTX2F137
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie shouts slogans against the Interior Ministry from behind bars during the trial of 738 Brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabia al-Adawiya Square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, May 31, 2016. On Oct. 26, an appeals court upheld a 25-year prison sentence for Badie for blocking an agricultural road. — REUTERS

Dealing with facts is the only way to make logical predictions, and the facts do not favor a reconciliation between the Egyptian regime and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Since the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, the facts have never pointed toward a potential compromise between the Brotherhood and the governments since then: the transitional regime that was led by President Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, or the current regime headed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, elected in 2014.

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