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PM green-lights LE700 million Halayeb Triangle housing project
Egypt
July 19, 2017
PM green-lights LE700 million Halayeb Triangle housing project
Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday the establishment of two ports in the Red…
Roadside explosion in Sinai kills five Egyptian policemen
Egypt
July 17, 2017
Roadside explosion in Sinai kills five Egyptian policemen
Five Egyptian policemen were killed and six wounded on Monday by two roadside explosions in the restive Sinai Peninsula, security…
Egypt’s ‘Snow Oasis’: A land of legends in the New Valley
Features/Interviews
July 17, 2017
Egypt’s ‘Snow Oasis’: A land of legends in the New Valley
Forty-five kilometers from the Farafra Oasis in the New Valley lies the White Desert Reserve dubbed the “Snow Oasis” — a…
Egyptian army kills 3 Takfiri members in Sinai
Egypt
July 16, 2017
Egyptian army kills 3 Takfiri members in Sinai
Egypt’s army killed 3 highly dangerous Takfiris and arrested another in mid-Sinai, as part of the troops’ continuous operations in…
LE4 million in subsidies for damaged homes in N. Sinai
Economy
July 12, 2017
LE4 million in subsidies for damaged homes in N. Sinai
LE4.4 million in urgent subsides has been disbursed for damages caused to homeowners’ buildings due to the terrorism in North…
14 militants killed in police shoot out in Ismailiya: Interior Ministry
Egypt
July 9, 2017
14 militants killed in police shoot out in Ismailiya: Interior Ministry
Security forces killed 14 militants in a shootout as they broke into their training camp in the Ismailia governorate, the…
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…
Church bombing suspects reveal details of IS funding, weapons, Libya connection
Egypt
May 23, 2017
Church bombing suspects reveal details of IS funding, weapons, Libya connection
Investigations into the 48 defendants, who are accused of belonging to the Islamic State and orchestrating terror attacks on churches in Egypt,…
11 cannabis farms seized, destroyed in South Sinai
Egypt
May 18, 2017
11 cannabis farms seized, destroyed in South Sinai
The Interior Ministry’s general department of narcotics control and South Sinai’s security department have removed eleven farms of cannabis, covering an…
Sinai Province praises Al-Tarbiyeen tribe, backs down in describing it as ‘apostate’
Egypt
May 18, 2017
Sinai Province praises Al-Tarbiyeen tribe, backs down in describing it as ‘apostate’
Following the recent war declaration by North Sinai’s second largest group, Al-Sawarka, against the IS-affiliated group Sinai Province, anonymous militants…