First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 said. The ministry in a statement said the attack involving at least four militants occurred at an “assembly point”, near the regional capital El-Arish. Four militants died in the clashes […]
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 Sinai province. A statement by interior ministry said three other security forces were wounded in the blast. The officers’ vehicle was hit by the blast of a bomb apparently planted […]
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 Raphael Moussa, 46, was reportedly gunned down by a militant who shot him in the head as he was standing next to his car in al-Arish, the capital of North […]
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 the name of God, not a drop of gas will reach Jordan until the caliphate gives its permission,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter. It also claimed […]
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 in the Middle East region and end terrorism. Al-Sissi called on resolving the conflict and empowering the Palestinians towards self-determination and “an independent state within the border of 4th June […]
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 militants as its buffer zone creation is leaving thousands of residents with no roof and no means of subsistence. The Chief of the Human Watch Dog in Middle East and […]
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 North Sinai. The army said on its official facebook page it killed 5 militants and captures 15 others in the operation meant to free the North Sinai cities of militant […]
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 Croatian authorities have not confirmed the claims yet. An ISIS twit said Tomislav Salopek was killed after the deadline set by the group was exceeded. The Jihadist group circulated photos […]
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 draft law represents “a flagrant attack on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association”, said Amnesty International on Wednesday in a press release, describing the bill as […]