Tag: Sinai
Egypt says security forces kill 10 militants in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt says its security forces have killed 10 militants in a shootout in the city of el-Arish in the turbulent northern Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt says 11 suspected militants killed in Sinai
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected militants in an exchange of fire in the North Sinai town of al-Arish, the official MENA state...
Rights group accuses Egypt of mass demolition of homes in Sinai
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch accused Egypt on Tuesday of mass demolition of homes in the Sinai Peninsula, some of which it said might be...
Egypt’s anti-IS operations: 4 soldiers,10 militants killed in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt’s military said on Sunday four soldiers and 10 extremists were killed in a military operation in Sinai against Daesh.
The deaths raise military...
Egypt army says 16 terrorists killed in Sinai operation
Up to 16 militants were killed and four others arrested in a major anti-terrorism operation launched by Egypt on Friday in Northern and Central...
Gunmnen murder Christian in Sinai Peninsula
EL-ARISH: Egyptian security officials say gunmen have shot dead a Christian man in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula, the latest attack on...
Egypt Sinai strategy put in spotlight due to deadly mosque attack
CAIRO: Egypt’s years-long military campaign against a militant insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack...
Three militants killed, 74 arrested in Sinai raids, says Egypt
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed three suspected militants and arrested 74 others in raids targetting militant groups in North Sinai in recent days, the military...
Armed attack kills at least six soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO: Armed militants killed at least six Egyptian soldiers at a military post in the Sinai Peninsula, the army said, in an attack later...
Militants kill 13 policemen in Egypt’s northern Sinai
Militants killed 13 Egyptian policemen in an attack Saturday on a checkpoint south of northern Sinai's provincial capital of el-Arish, the Egyptian Interior Ministry...