Latest in Tag: Kidnap Highlight
Latest in Tag: Kidnap

Endowment Ministry to follow up on kidnapped imam in Al-Arish
Sheikh Saeed Abdel Fattah was kidnapped by gunmen after a Friday sermon earlier in September, according to reports

125 forced disappearances in October, November: Report
Students constituted the highest number of disappearances

174 killed, over 600 injured in Q1 2015
North Sinai âbloodiest zoneâ in over 1,000 violent events across Egypt at beginning of 2015, says Democracy Index

Foreign ministry continues efforts for crisis resolution in Libya
Total number of abducted Christians in Libya has reached at least 20 in less than a week
Police officer detained for sexually assaulting handicapped girl
Forensic report did not find evidence of the incident
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing, Amnesty calls for investigation into violations
Death toll from the ongoing violence leaves 121 dead in Gaza; no deaths reported from Israel

Murder of Palestinian teen, Abu Khudeir, condemned
HRW describes Israeli military actions in the West Bank following the kidnap and murder of three Israelis as amounting to “collective punishment”

Israel troops kill 14-year-old in hunt for missing teens
Troops also wounded two Palestinians in a refugee camp just outside Jerusalem as clashes flared in the face of the massive military operation in which they have detained 330 Palestinians over the past week, medical sources said
Zawahiri statements on Brotherhood prove its connection with Al Qaeda: Interior ministry
135 “terrorist cells” arrested until 29 March 2014

Al Qaeda chief declares solidarity with Muslim Brotherhood, urges followers to kidnap westerners
Kidnapping Americans could be used for prisoner exchange, says Ayman Al-Zawahiri
British teacher ‘kidnapped in Yemen’
AFP – Gunmen have abducted a British teacher in Sanaa, in the second kidnapping this month of a British expat in violence-hit Yemen, a security official said Thursday. The unidentified gunmen captured the teacher on Wednesday evening as he returned from work, the official said. A Western diplomat confirmed the kidnapping. The teacher, whose identity …
Gunmen kidnap British national in Yemeni capital
AFP â Gunmen kidnapped a British oil-sector employee in the Yemeni capital on Monday, witnesses and an industry official told AFP, the second abduction of a foreigner in Yemen since Friday. âGunmen in a car kidnapped the British man at around 9.00am near a grocery store in Hada,â a tightly-patrolled district in central Sanaa, the …
Libyan PM arrives in Cairo
The visit comes days after the release of six Egyptians kidnapped in Libya

Foreign ministry denies âprisoner swapâ with Libya
Egyptian diplomats set to return to Cairo and former Libyan rebel leader announces his release on television
Kidnappers seize Egypt diplomat in Libya: ministry
AFP – Kidnappers seized an Egyptian diplomat in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, Libya’s foreign ministry said. The diplomat was snatched from his house in Tripoli by an unknown group, Libyan foreign ministry spokesman Said Lassoued told AFP. Lassoued said Libyan authorities were making “efforts to find the diplomat,” adding “reinforced security measures have been put …
Abducted Egyptian drivers in Libya set free
Meetings held to secure the release of dozens of Egyptian drivers abducted in Libya
Egypt keen on abducted driversâ safety in Libya
Meetings held to secure the release of tens of Egyptian drivers abducted in Libya

Three ICRC staff, Red Crescent volunteer freed in Syria
AFP- Â Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped in Syria have been freed, along with a colleague from the Red Crescent, the ICRC said Monday. “Three ICRC colleagues and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer have been released and are safe and sound. We are waiting for …

Libyan PM freed after several hours held by militia
Gunmen seized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli Thursday and held him for several hours before he was freed

Sinai kidnappers free Egypt security personnel: Army
Their release comes “as a result of efforts by Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with tribal leaders in Sinai,” Military spokesperson said

NSF addresses Sinai crisis
The National Salvation Front calls on authorities to exercise more transparency when dealing with the situation in Sinai

Emergency presidential meeting over Sinai
President Mohamed Morsi called for the meeting hours after seven conscripts were kidnapped in Sinai

Kidnapped Norwegian tourist and Israeli companion released
The pair, who had been abducted on Friday, were released thanks to the “efforts” of Bedouin tribesmen

Two Tourists kidnapped in South Sinai
A Norwegian and an Israeli were kidnapped by masked gunmen in Dahab, South Sinai

Dead India gang-rape suspect was heavy-drinking migrant
Singh was accused by police of being the ringleader in the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi last December

6 April member missing
The movement fears the missing member has met same fate as El-Gendy

Journalist missing, allegedly kidnapped
The journalistâs fiancee claims he was kidnapped from 10th of Ramadan bus station

Activist kidnapped and tortured in Sharqiya
Ibrahim Hanafi claims he was abducted by Muslim Brotherhood members

Kidnapped NAC member found
National Association for Change activist found, claims he was tortured by Islamists

Protests in Al-Arish over kidnapped girl
Demonstrators attempt to attack governor of North Sinai