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Securing Sinai airport comes at cost to locals

President Sisi’s announcement to build a large safe zone around the El-Arish Airport in order for it to resume operations raised the ire of Sinai residents whose houses and lands would be destroyed in the process.

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A Qatari cargo plane (R) and a Saudi Medevac (medical evacuation-L) aircraft are seen on the tarmac of the Egyptian El-Arish Airport, near the border with the Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2008. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

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