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Egypt's former army Chief of Staff Sami Anan (C) gestures during a news conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt, March 13, 2014. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting with Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour, Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, November 14, 2013. Sisi hailed a new era of defense cooperation with Russia on Thursday during a visit by Russian officials, signaling Egyptian efforts to revive ties with an old ally and send a message to Washington after it suspended military aid. REUTERS/Amr Abdal

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