Click photo to download. Caption: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on July 22, 2014, to discuss a possible cease-fire deal for the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Relations between the U.S. and Egypt, longtime allies, have been strained since America supported the ouster of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Credit: U.S. Department of State.&nbsp;