Sinai Peninsula
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…
Rafah, Sheikh Zuwayed decry NCHR ‘negligence’
Egypt
August 17, 2015
Rafah, Sheikh Zuwayed decry NCHR ‘negligence’
A National Council for Human Rights committee arrived to Arish earlier last week to investigate the living conditions of the…
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…
Court returns to Sinai after relocation prompted by judges killings
Egypt
August 16, 2015
Court returns to Sinai after relocation prompted by judges killings
The North Sinai Court will return to the restive peninsula after a three-month relocation to Ismailia prompted by terrorist attacks. A…
Israel threatens IS Sinai affiliate
Egypt
July 30, 2015
Israel threatens IS Sinai affiliate
Israel threatened, on Wednesday, the Islamic State’s arm in the Sinai Peninsula, saying it would respond strictly against any attacks…
8 IEDs defused, roadside bomb hits police vehicle in N.Sinai
Egypt
July 28, 2015
8 IEDs defused, roadside bomb hits police vehicle in N.Sinai
Eight IEDs planted by unknown perpetrators on the Arish-Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid-al-Goura highways in North Sinai were found on Tuesday…
Citizen kidnapped in N.Sinai for reportedly cooperating with security
Egypt
July 27, 2015
Citizen kidnapped in N.Sinai for reportedly cooperating with security
Unknown gunmen kidnapped a local man at gunpoint in North Sinai on Monday, taking him to an unknown destination. Speaking to…
Egypt-Turkey tensions at unprecedented level
Egypt
July 21, 2015
Egypt-Turkey tensions at unprecedented level
Tensions between Cairo and Ankara have reached unprecedented levels since the ouster of former Egyptian president and Turkey ally Mohamed…
Robert Fisk: ISIS controls Sinai as much as Egypt
Egypt
July 20, 2015
Robert Fisk: ISIS controls Sinai as much as Egypt
The recent encounter between Egyptian navy and suspected militants on the Mediterranean coasts of the restive Sinai Peninsula are evidence…
Soldier, 25 militants killed in North Sinai on Wednesday
Egypt
July 16, 2015
Soldier, 25 militants killed in North Sinai on Wednesday
A soldier was killed and two others were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a mortar missile in North…