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Hundreds of low-ranking police officers protest outside headquarters of Alexandria Security Directory, 12 February 2013. Low-ranking police personnel in 10 governorates are staging a sit-in and shutting down security departments to express their rejection of new legislation organizing demonstrations.  
Wednesday's Papers: Police protests, Cabinet speculation and jihad doctrine
Mai Shams El-Din 13 Feb 2013
The nation's privately owned newspapers mostly welcome the protests of police conscripts against the alleged "...
محمد الظواهري، شقيق الرجل الثاني في تنظيم «القاعدة» أيمن الظواهري.
Mohamed al-Zawahiri denies being arrested in Syria
Egypt Independent 05 Jan 2013
Mohamed al-Zawahri, the brother of Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri, has denied reports of his arrest in Syria. Zawahri...
Mali Islamists destroying more Timbuktu mausoleums
AFP 23 Dec 2012
Armed groups occupying Timbuktu in northern Mali used pickaxes on Sunday to smash up any remaining mausoleums in the...
Egyptian security forces arrest suspected militants after a firefight at the al-Goura settlement in Egypt's north Sinai region, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border with Israel, 11 August 2012. Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout at the settlement near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
Combing the desert: Sinai's security myth
Lina Attalah 11 Oct 2012
RAFAH — On a gloomy Saturday at dusk, Magdi Sayed and his wife load carpets and electrical appliances from their...
Abboud al-Zomor, member of the Jama'a al-Islamiya's Shura Council during the press conference, US embassy, Cairo, 24 August, 2011. Several leaders from the group attended the conference to express solidarity with Sheikh Omar abdel Rahman's family, who has been detained in the US for more than 18 years, and express deamnds of his immediate release.
Jama'a al-Islamiya: Dozens of jihadis to join Syrian rebels within days
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Aug 2012
Assem Abdel Maged, media official at Jama'a al-Islamiya, has said that a group of jihadis are ready to travel...
Egyptian security forces arrest suspected militants after a firefight at the al-Goura settlement in Egypt's north Sinai region, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border with Israel, 11 August 2012. Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout at the settlement near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
Egypt to send aircraft and tanks into Sinai
Reuters 20 Aug 2012
  Egypt is preparing to use aircraft and tanks in Sinai for the first time since the 1973 war with Israel in its...
Egyptian security forces arrest suspected militants after a firefight at the al-Goura settlement in Egypt's north Sinai region, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border with Israel, 11 August 2012. Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout at the settlement near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
Islamic militants warn Egypt army on Sinai raids
AP 15 Aug 2012
Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula warned the Egyptian military on Wednesday against cracking down on jihadis and...
A convoy of Egyptian armoured vehicles head along a road in El-Arish on the Sinai Peninsula on the way to the city of Rafah near the Gaza border.
Monday's papers: Gunmen attack officers on Egypt-Israel border
Amany Aly Shawky 06 Aug 2012
Yesterday’s tragic events and the deaths of 16 Egyptian security officers in Sinai occupy the headlines this...
Islamic Jihad supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally attended by tens of thousands of Palestinians to mark the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the hardline militant group, Gaza,Palestine, October 29, 2010.
National Association for Change warns of jihad against state institutions
Egypt Independent 07 May 2012
The National Association for Change said that “threats to wage war against sovereign state institutions is a risk...
One policeman reported killed in Sinai raid on jihad members
MENA 21 Nov 2011
  A police officer was killed and another injured while carrying out an operation to arrest two members of a jihad...