sinai
Fourth Sawarka tribe member assassinated
Egypt
October 2, 2015
Fourth Sawarka tribe member assassinated
Four masked men shot dead a member of Sinai's al-Sawarka tribe, Khaled Khalaf al-Mene'i, on Thursday.
Egypt says 2 soldiers killed by northern Sinai car bomb
Egypt
September 26, 2015
Egypt says 2 soldiers killed by northern Sinai car bomb
Two soldiers were killed Saturday by a roadside car bomb in northern Sinai, Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a statement,…
HRW accuses Egypt of ‘mass home demolitions’ in Sinai
Egypt
September 22, 2015
HRW accuses Egypt of ‘mass home demolitions’ in Sinai
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Egypt's military of having "violated international law" through mass home demolitions and evictions over…
74 militants killed as Sinai operation enters 13th day: army
Egypt
September 20, 2015
74 militants killed as Sinai operation enters 13th day: army
Egypt’s army killed 74 militants in the restive North Sinai province on Saturday, as an army raid targeting suspected terrorist…
Egypt says killed 55 militants in Sinai, two soldiers killed
Egypt
September 16, 2015
Egypt says killed 55 militants in Sinai, two soldiers killed
Egyptian security forces killed 55 militants in Sinai on the ninth day of an operation against Islamists in the area,…
US sends 75 more troops to Sinai to boost peacekeepers’ security
Egypt
September 10, 2015
US sends 75 more troops to Sinai to boost peacekeepers’ security
The United States is sending an additional 75 US troops and other assets to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to bolster the…
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces
Egypt
August 19, 2015
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces
The Obama administration is quietly reviewing the future of America's three-decade deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, fearful the lightly equipped…
Presidential amendments allow dual nationals to own Sinai buildings
Egypt
August 17, 2015
Presidential amendments allow dual nationals to own Sinai buildings
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi adopted changes to a 2012 law regulating land ownership in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, allowing…
Underground pipe to water 70,000 acres in Sinai
Egypt
July 30, 2015
Underground pipe to water 70,000 acres in Sinai
The Irrigation Ministry has finished the extension of an underground pipe carrying Nile River water to Sinai for irrigation purposes. Fathey…
Sinai eldest resident dies at 115
Egypt
July 21, 2015
Sinai eldest resident dies at 115
The eldest resident in the Sinai Peninsula, Ghanem Abu Jarir, passed away at the age of 115 in the city…