Sinai Peninsula
Blackouts hit North Sinai as police pursue terrorists
Egypt
September 3, 2016
Blackouts hit North Sinai as police pursue terrorists
The Rafa and Sheikh Zuwayed areas of North Sinai were hit by blackouts on Saturday after a power line was…
Baseera: Egypt drug trade stands at LE400 billion
Egypt
September 3, 2016
Baseera: Egypt drug trade stands at LE400 billion
The size of the drug trade in Egypt amounts to LE400 billion, which is equivalent to half of Egypt's state…
International experts in Egypt to inspect Metrojet wreckage
Egypt
August 30, 2016
International experts in Egypt to inspect Metrojet wreckage
Experts from Russia and Germany are in Egypt to inspect the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in…
Sisi lays flowers for Sinai Liberation Day, vows to protect the State from chaos
Egypt
April 24, 2016
Sisi lays flowers for Sinai Liberation Day, vows to protect the State from chaos
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, commander-in-chief of Egypt's armed forces, placed flowers at the memorial for military martyrs in Nasr City…
Four security-forces conscripts killed in central Sinai gunfight
Egypt
April 9, 2016
Four security-forces conscripts killed in central Sinai gunfight
Four conscripts from North Sinai's security forces were killed in an exchange of gun fire in central Sinai on Sunday,…
Six policemen, three militants killed in N. Sinai gunfire, explosions
Egypt
March 17, 2016
Six policemen, three militants killed in N. Sinai gunfire, explosions
A police conscript was killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded in Sheikh Zuwayed, North Sinai, according to security…
Sisi unveils LE10bn development plan for Sinai
Egypt
March 8, 2016
Sisi unveils LE10bn development plan for Sinai
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday that the government is working with the military on a range of development…
Police conscript wounded by accidental gunshot in Sinai
Egypt
March 2, 2016
Police conscript wounded by accidental gunshot in Sinai
A Central Security Forces conscript was wounded by an accidental gunshot while on duty at a checkpoint in central Sinai,…
Internet, phone service back in N.Sinai after 3-hour outage
Egypt
February 24, 2016
Internet, phone service back in N.Sinai after 3-hour outage
Internet and phone services returned to North Sinai on Wednesday after a three-hour outage, according to a governorate source. The service…
Student killed, 7 civilians wounded in N. Sinai IED blast
Egypt
February 22, 2016
Student killed, 7 civilians wounded in N. Sinai IED blast
An 18-year-old student was killed and seven others aged between 13 and 26 were wounded when an explosive device went…