Sinai Peninsula
Security sources: Egyptian police officer kidnapped in Sinai
Egypt
January 11, 2015
Security sources: Egyptian police officer kidnapped in Sinai
Gunmen kidnapped an Egyptian police officer on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, home to Islamist militants seeking to topple the…
Biggest project to protect Sinai from rain torrents to be inaugurated Saturday
Egypt
January 10, 2015
Biggest project to protect Sinai from rain torrents to be inaugurated Saturday
Minister of Irrigation and Water Minister Hossam Moghazi announced the inauguration of executive works of the biggest national project to…
Egypt starts second phase of Rafah evictions
Egypt
January 8, 2015
Egypt starts second phase of Rafah evictions
Egypt starts on Thursday the second phase of evictions at the border city of Rafah, a security measure that seeks…
Army: 14 militants killed in Sinai in 3 days
Egypt
December 21, 2014
Army: 14 militants killed in Sinai in 3 days
Egypt’s military said it killed 14 militants in Sinai raids during the periood 18-20 December as the Armed Forces continue its…
Sinai curfew to be shortened, president tells Sinai tribes
Egypt
December 10, 2014
Sinai curfew to be shortened, president tells Sinai tribes
A curfew imposed on the restive Sinai Peninsula following a bloody attack on security personnel in October will be shortened…
Six unidentified dead bodies found in N. Sinai
Egypt
December 2, 2014
Six unidentified dead bodies found in N. Sinai
Security in North Sinai found six dead bodies strewn in highroads in Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed on Monday night, all…
Interior Minister: 312 terrorist cells apprehended since January
Egypt
November 6, 2014
Interior Minister: 312 terrorist cells apprehended since January
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said 312 terrorist cells have been apprehended by security since January 2014. Speaking in an interview with…
Sisi says government to push for more evacuations at Sinai borders
Egypt
November 3, 2014
Sisi says government to push for more evacuations at Sinai borders
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that more evacuations will be carried out at the border areas in the Sinai…
Israeli army: Israeli troops come under fire along Egyptian border
Egypt
October 22, 2014
Israeli army: Israeli troops come under fire along Egyptian border
Three IDF soldiers were wounded by gunfire from militants at Jabal Kharif near the Israeli-Egyptian borders on Wednesday, while four…
Egyptian jihadist group Ansar denies ‘leader’ slain
Egypt
May 25, 2014
Egyptian jihadist group Ansar denies ‘leader’ slain
Cairo (AFP) - Egyptian jihadist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis denied on Sunday that Shady al-Menai has been killed, after security…