Latest in Tag: Sinai Highlight
Latest in Tag: Sinai
Twin blasts hit Egypt gas pipeline
By Agencies CAIRO: Two explosions on Monday hit a pipeline which supplies Egyptian gas to Israel and Jordan, marking the 13th such attack in just over a year, security officials said. Six gunmen in an unmarked vehicle set explosives in two different parts of the pipeline, about 15 meters (yards) apart, one official told AFP. …
Egypt denies Al-Qaeda presence in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt on Thursday denied the presence of Al-Qaeda members in Sinai, following charges by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that terror groups were mobilizing in the peninsula. "There are no members of the Al-Qaeda organization in Egypt. What has been said recently about members of the group being in Sinai is baseless," national security …
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 …