Tag: North Sinai

Egypt: Seven police forces killed in militant suicide attack in North Sinai

June 27, 2019

Seven Egyptian security forces including an officer have been killed in the North Sinai, in a suicide attack staged by militants, the interior ministry has ... Read More

Egypt: Roadside bomb blast kills two police officers in Sinai

July 12, 2016

Two Egyptian police officers travelling in a patrol Monday lost their lives as a roadside bomb went off in Arish city, capital of the North ... Read More

Egypt: Militant Attacks Kill Christian Priest & Two Security Personnel

July 1, 2016

IS-affiliate Islamists killed a Christian priest and two security personnel in turbulent North Sinai in separate attacks on Thursday, authorities said. The Coptic priest named ... Read More

Egypt: IS Jihadist group blows up gas pipeline to Jordan in Sinai

January 8, 2016

IS-link group in Sinai Province Thursday claimed it destroyed gas pipeline supplying Jordan amid Egyptian forces’ claims they have killed dozens of militants recently. "By ... Read More

Al-Sissi addressing UN: Solving Palestine-Israel conflict will end terrorism

September 29, 2015

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi in an address told the General Assembly on Monday that finding a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict will bring peace ... Read More

Egypt: Right Groups pan Cairo for human right violations

September 22, 2015

Human Rights Watch Tuesday criticised Cairo for smashing people’s rights in its campaign against IS fighters in North Sinai and said it may produce more ... Read More

Egypt: Army slain 5 Jihadists in North Sinai conquest operation

September 21, 2015

Egyptian army Monday announced that it killed 5 Jihadists and arrested several others on the 14th day of its “Martyrs’ Right” against IS-linked groups in ... Read More

Egypt: ISIS claims beheading Croatian hostage

August 13, 2015

ISIS affiliated branch in North Sinai claimed on its twitter account it beheaded the Croatian captive it kidnapped 3 weeks ago in Egypt. Egyptian and ... Read More

Amnesty International Slams Egypt’s Anti-terror Draft law

July 16, 2015

Amnesty International has decried Egyptian new anti-terrorism law which threatens journalists with jail for reporting anything that contradicts the official account of terrorist attacks. This ... Read More