Insurgency
IS-affiliated media outlet releases video footage of al-Arish airbase attack
Egypt
December 22, 2017
IS-affiliated media outlet releases video footage of al-Arish airbase attack
The Islamic State-affiliated (IS) media outlet ‘Ammaq’ released on Thursday night video footage of the missile attack which targeted the…
Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
Egypt
November 22, 2017
Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
The Egyptian Second Field Army – who are assigned with the task of securing North Sinai and Ismailia from an extremist…
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
Features/Interviews
May 22, 2017
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
Local officials in Maiduguri face the dilemma of how to get thousands of homeless children back to school in a…
Islamic State beheads 2 for ‘sorcery’ in Sinai
Egypt
March 29, 2017
Islamic State beheads 2 for ‘sorcery’ in Sinai
Islamic State's branch in the Sinai Peninsula posted a video on Tuesday depicting the beheading of two men the militant…
546 Christians flee from Arish to Ismailia: Coptic Church
Egypt
March 1, 2017
546 Christians flee from Arish to Ismailia: Coptic Church
The Coptic Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that a total of 133 Christian families, comprising 546 people, have fled from…
IS militants in north Sinai showing their strength
Egypt
February 28, 2017
IS militants in north Sinai showing their strength
In the past three days, Islamic State militants in Egypt's volatile northern Sinai region abducted four men accused of collaborating…
Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week
Egypt
February 16, 2017
Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week
Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian teacher on his way to school in northern Sinai on Thursday, the…
Court hands down death sentence, life in prison for defendents in Zeitoun Cell case
Egypt
October 8, 2016
Court hands down death sentence, life in prison for defendents in Zeitoun Cell case
Cairo Criminal Court has handed down tough sentences to the defendents in the Zeitoun Cell case, with the main defendent…
Separate bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan
World
June 20, 2016
Separate bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan
More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 when a…
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’
World
August 27, 2012
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’
ABUJA — Nigeria's government is reaching out to radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, talking with some of its members via…