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KamalRaphael (talk | contribs) m Instead of saying "spawned", which implies that the Egyptian crisis created the Sinai Insurgency, it was switched to "worsened". This is because the Sinai insurgency actually has its roots in 2010, before the downfall of Mubarak and the beginning of the crisis, and the Egyptian Crisis proceeded to exacerbate the situation rather than make create it in the first place. |
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{{Egyptian crisis (2011–2014)}}
The '''Egyptian Crisis''' began with the [[Egyptian revolution of 2011]], when hundreds of thousands of [[Egypt]]ians took to the streets in an ideologically and socially diverse mass protest movement that ultimately forced longtime president [[Hosni Mubarak]] from office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/world/middleeast/26egypt.html?pagewanted=all|agency=The New York Times|title=Violent Clashes Mark Protests Against Mubarak's Rule|date=25 January 2011|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html|agency=Al Jazeera|title=Hosni Mubarak resigns as president|date=11 February 2011|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> A protracted political crisis ensued, with the [[Supreme Council of the Armed Forces]] taking control of the country until a series of popular elections, which are thought to have been tampered with, brought the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] to [[Muslim Brotherhood in post-Mubarak electoral politics of Egypt|power]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/27/egypt-scaf-safe-exit-deal|agency=The Guardian|title=Egypt told to give military leaders 'safe exit' by western governments|date=27 March 2012|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> However, disputes between elected [[Islamism|Islamist]] president [[Mohamed Morsi]] and secularists continued until the [[June 2013 Egyptian protests|anti-government protests in June 2013]] that led to the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|overthrow]] of Morsi in 2013, in what has been variably described as a [[coup d'état]] or as an ending to the second revolution, or both.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/03/is-what-happened-in-egypt-a-coup-or-a-revolution-its-both/|agency=The Washington Post|title=Is what happened in Egypt a coup or a revolution? It's both.|date=3 July 2013|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]], who announced the overthrow of Morsi, then became the leader of Egypt the following year, winning election to the presidency in a [[Egyptian presidential election, 2014|landslide victory]] described by EU observers as free but not necessarily fair.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/102492/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-vote-free-but-not-necessarily-fair-EU-elect.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|title=Egypt's vote free but not necessarily fair: EU official|date=29 May 2014|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref> Nonetheless, Sisi's election was widely recognized, and the political situation has largely stabilized since he officially took power; however, some protests have continued despite a government crackdown. The crisis has also
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