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10 Egyptian soldiers killed in northern Sinai suicide attack
Egypt
July 7, 2017
10 Egyptian soldiers killed in northern Sinai suicide attack
Ten Egyptian soldiers, including one colonel, were killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in…
Hamas delegation visit Egypt to discuss security situation
Egypt
July 3, 2017
Hamas delegation visit Egypt to discuss security situation
A Palestinian delegation from Hamas, including representatives from interior ministries, arrived in Egypt on Sunday to tackle the security situation…
Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate claims deadly Sinai attack
Egypt
May 12, 2017
Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate claims deadly Sinai attack
The Islamic State group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on local tribesmen this week in the…
Decapitated bodies found in Sinai border town
Egypt
May 7, 2017
Decapitated bodies found in Sinai border town
The decapitated bodies of a father and his two sons recently kidnapped by Islamic militants were found on Saturday lying…
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for Palestinians travelling to Gaza
Egypt
May 7, 2017
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for Palestinians travelling to Gaza
The Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing for travellers going from Egypt to the Gaza strip for the second day…
IS affiliated militants slaughter woman, kidnap her family in Rafah
Egypt
May 2, 2017
IS affiliated militants slaughter woman, kidnap her family in Rafah
Anonymous militants slaughtered a woman and kidnapped her family on Monday, in the village of Yamait, near the northern Sinai…
IS seeks to impose ‘religious rules’ in northern Sinai: Reuters Special Report
Egypt
May 2, 2017
IS seeks to impose ‘religious rules’ in northern Sinai: Reuters Special Report
One Monday in early April, Shaher Saeed was driving south of the city of Al-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai when…
Islamic State car bomb kills 4 tribesmen in Sinai
Egypt
April 26, 2017
Islamic State car bomb kills 4 tribesmen in Sinai
An Islamic State suicide bomber attacked a tribal checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, killing four members of a…
Prominent North Sinai tribe chases, kidnaps IS militants following clashes
Egypt
April 17, 2017
Prominent North Sinai tribe chases, kidnaps IS militants following clashes
Clashes erupted in the city of Rafah, North Sinai on Sunday between younger members of the prominent al-Tarbiyeen tribe and…
3rd week of darkness for Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah cities, students protest
Egypt
April 2, 2017
3rd week of darkness for Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah cities, students protest
Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah cities entered their third consecutive week of power outages on Sunday, which are caused by a…