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Libyan army siege Islamic State-run Derna: Spokesman
First batch of Egyptians to return from Libya through Algeria arrived at Cairo airport

Over 2,140 more Egyptians return from Libya
Cabinet approves committee to deal with victims of terrorism in Libya

Leading militant receives 2nd death sentence
9 defendants referred to Mufti for inciting against police and army

Egypt rebuts ‘nonsense’ reports of potential war crimes in Libya airstrikes
Amnesty International documents killings of civilians, whom it claims Egypt failed to secure
Egypt condemns assassination of Somali MP
Need for collaboration against abhorrent terrorism, says FM spokesman

Security crackdown kills 20 ‘takfiris’ in North Sinai
Militants used bases to launch attacks against army and police, say security sources

Al-Arish gas pipeline explodes for 28th time
Tuesday witnessed a number of explosions throughout Egypt

Al-Arish residents to stand in solidarity with army
Many residents living near the area of Thursday’s attack on security facilities moved, says Al-Arish resident

North Sinai political, civil groups demand lift of curfew hours
Warnings of open strikes and electoral boycotts if ignored by government

Deaths in Paris: Separating fact from fiction
By James M. Dorsey The attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, as well as two French police officers, have prompted analysts and the media to often jump to hasty conclusions. Terms such as intelligence failure and Al-Qaeda are liberally employed with no clear definition of what they mean …

Border guards in firefight with militants along Libya border
One military officer injured, one militant killed in Al-Wahat district, near Siwa

300 missing Egyptian fishermen return from Libya
Fishermen disappeared amid heavy militia fighting in Misrata

4 fishermen released in Damietta following navy patrol attack investigations
Armed forces to provide financial compensation for damages to boats and fishing equipment, says fishermen’s spokesperson

Drive-by shootings of security personnel ‘difficult to prevent’: Analyst
“This happens every week,” says analyst Mohamed Qadri Saeed

Military raid in North Sinai kills 5 militants
The raid targeted areas in Al-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid

10 fighters killed in Sinai air raid
Security sources reported that a vehicle was destroyed, suspected to have been used in launching the attack

Rafah-Gaza buffer zone to expand to 1km
Decision comes after the armed forces discovered tunnels over 800 metres long
3 killed in armed forces Sinai operations
Twenty-three arrested as armed forces continue operations against militants
Fighting continues in northern Lebanon’s city of Tripoli
At least 19 people killed
Israeli troops injured by gunfire from Sinai
2 soldiers injured and evacuated to Israeli hospital for treatment
Foreign ministry condemns ongoing violence in Yemen
Egypt expresses concern as string of attacks claims dozens of lives
26 militants killed in security forces raids across Egypt
Operation part of an intensification of security measures throughout the country

Egypt unlikely to offer military support to US: Al-Ahram analyst
US officials have been touring Arab states seeking support campaign against extremist group

Dar Al-Ifta slams ‘barbaric’ American journalist beheading
Steven Sotloff became second American journalist ISIS killed by beheading
Police sergeant and seven alleged militants killed in separate incidents in Sinai
Insurgency and military operations against militants continue in North Sinai
11 killed in attack on North Sinai security convoy
Landmine planted on Rafah-Sheikh Zuweid Road, perpetrators unknown
Conscript killed, 3 injured in car crash in Al-Farafa district
State media says soldiers were chasing smugglers in the Western Desert
Army destroys 5 tunnels, arrests 5 Palestinians attempting to cross Rafah border
Egypt’s armed forces destroyed five tunnels and apprehended five Palestinian nationals attempting to cross into North Sinai at Rafah during operations taking place between 7 and 10 August, according to the military spokesman’s official page. This brings the total count of destroyed tunnels to 1664. During the operations, the Second Field Army also seized 5,400 …
Two police officers killed in North Sinai
Security forces investigating the scene

Military reveals investigation findings of Al-Farafra attack
Attack executed by 20 armed men in vehicles equipped with explosives, says army spokesperson