Latest in Tag: Sinai Highlight
Latest in Tag: Sinai
Germany advises against travel to all of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Reuters – Germany’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it strongly advised against travel to all regions of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Previously the ministry had made a warning against travel in the north of the Sinai peninsula and the Egyptian-Israeli border area as well as the resort of Taba. The ministry said it advised travellers on the ground to contact their travel …
Militants bomb Sinai pipeline
The attack is the fifth of its kind this year
Army kills alleged Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis member, destroys âfield hospitalâ in Sinai
Increased efforts to suppress militant activity in Sinai continue
Army says it kills 14 Sinai militants in two days
Armed forces, Ministry of Interior and Central Security Forces engaged in coordinated campaign to eradicate militants from Sinai in response to escalating violence
Head of Saint Catherine city removed from his position for negligence
Director of Crisis and Disaster Management Unit Adel Kassab appointed as the governorate’s spokesman
Army blames lack of notification, weather and geography for hikersâ deaths
Armed forces details the efforts taken to rescue the missing hikers earlier this week
Deserted Naama Bay
A picture taken on 18 February 2014 shows the nearly deserted Naama Bay shopping district in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on 18 February 2014. The decline in tourism since the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has hobbled Egyptâs economy. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
The nature of trekking in the Sinai Mountains
By Ahmed Shams, PhD Changing weather and long treks âThe sun had been shining as if [it was] summertime; it turned hot! We decided to follow Wadi Thabt, Wadi Qasuriya, the Wadi Junction, and Wadi Rimhan instead of Wadi Tarfaa, towards the abandoned building of St. Catherine Natural Protectorate in Rahaba Plain in …
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claim Taba bus bombing
âUnidentifiedâ human remains found at blast site as Sinai militant group claims targeting of tourists is part of âeconomic warâ against government
Suicide bomber may be responsible for Taba bus blast: Interior Ministry
Ministers visit injured in Sinai hospital, Seoul outraged by death of citizens
At least four dead in blast targeting tourist bus
A fatal explosion in Sinai kills three Korean tourists and an Egyptian
Human Rights Watch report âinaccurate, unbalancedâ: Foreign ministry
Egyptâs foreign ministry attacks HRW report on human trafficking in Sinai
Suspect in attack on helicopter attack arrested: armed forces
The military arrests two, one who allegedly shot down helicopter last month
European Parliament MEPs call on Egypt to confront human trafficking
The European Union should put human trafficking on its agenda in its dialogue with Egypt, EP members say
Sinai pipeline attacked for the second time in two days
The bombing marks the fifth time the Sinai pipeline has been attacked since the 3 July ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, and the 19th such attack since Hosni Mubarak was deposed in February 2011.
Suspected militants bomb gas pipeline in Sinai
The bombing is the 20th time the pipeline has been attacked since the 2011 ouster of Hosni Mubarak
Banks reschedule debts of 32 Red Sea hotels and resorts
The Central Bank of Egypt has extended the deadline till July 2014
Car bomb wounds 3 civilians in Egypt’s Sinai: security
AFP – A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Egyptian soldiers wounded three civilians in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, security officials said. An explosives-laden car was detonated by remote control near government buildings in the town of Rafah, on the border with the Palestinian Gaza strip, they said. The blast went off around …
Seven injured and 13 killed following Sinai airstrike on militants
Dar Al-Eftaa warns of the severity of extremist fatwas
Egypt jihadists claim rocket fire on Israel’s Eilat
AFP – An Egyptian jihadist group said Saturday that it fired a rocket at the Red Sea resort of Eilat which was intercepted by Israeli air defences, its second in a fortnight. Al-Qaeda inspired Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem), which is based just across the border from Israel in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, threatened …
Army kills seven âdangerous Brotherhood loyalistsâ
Perpetrator of deadly 2012 checkpoint attack killed during military operation
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis takes responsibility for assassination of Al-Saied, army accuses Brotherhood
Army spokesperson emphasises war on terrorism, blames Muslim Brotherhood for Tuesday’s assassinations
Gunmen bomb Sinai pipeline, army strikes back with arrests
Sinai pipeline attacked for third time this month, while army destroys âmilitantsââ tunnels and cars
Three soldiers dead in Sinai, more injured
Security forces have been increasingly targeted in the peninsula
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility for helicopter shooting
By Aya Nader Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (Supporter of Jerusalem) released a statement Sunday morning claiming responsibility for shooting down a military helicopter in North Sinai on Saturday, among other attacks. The Al-Qaeda inspired group also said it was behind attacks on military support forces in the area surrounding Jura International Airport using heavy weapons, a …
Military helicopter crashes in Sinai
Army still investigating details of incident
Sinai pipeline attacked
Pipeline explosion in central Sinai condemned by prime minister
Militant killed and five arrested in North Sinai security campaign
Five houses and 24 huts destroyed
18 suspected terrorists arrested in north Sinai, four arrested in Ismailia
Security on âhigh alertâ ahead of upcoming national referendum
Army arrests 12 year-oldboy in Sinai
Official statement says boy was monitoring security forces for militants