Latest in Tag: North Sinai Highlight
Latest in Tag: North Sinai
Arish carjacking
Car stolen carrying upwards of EGP 150,000 belonging to the Civilian Protection Service of the city of Arish
Protests outside Sinai University
University students prevented from taking exams
Another Rafah security camp attacked
Masked gunmen flee, leaving no injuries
Driver shot by police officer
Police opens investigation
Open dialogue in Sinai
by Naser Al-Azazy Sinai Bedouins met with security officials on Saturday to discuss sentences handed down to Sinai residents in absentia under the Mubarak regime. The group met in a village near the Al-Halal mountains, North Sinai. The conference was organised by the Popular Commission to Defend the People of Sinai and was attended by …
Floods strike Sinai
15 houses are submerged by flood waters
Sinai: Death sentences as fighting continues
Of the 14, eight were convicted in absentia.
Interior Minister announces amnesty of all North Sinai detainees
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: Interior Minister Mahmoud Wagdy announced during an interview with Egyptian television Tuesday night that he would grant amnesty to all political and criminal detainees in North Sinai. Residents of North Sinai have long complained of the treatment meted out to them by the security apparatus under the former regime, and this announcement …
Sinai awaits future in trepidation but appears more unified
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein and Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Sinai was always a hotspot during the reign of the previous regime, but as the post-Mubarak era starts there appears to be a more binding unity amongst its people as they face their uncertain future. “The security apparatus of the previous regime used to use the rule of …