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Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Military finds car smuggling tunnel in Rafah
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Apr 2013
An unnamed source from the military reported Tuesday that border guards and an Armed Forces engineering division had...
Egyptian border policemen stands guard on the Egyptian side of the Palestinian Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011 as Egypt reopened the border, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years.
Interior Ministry admits security failure in Rafah
Al-Masry Al-Youm 10 Apr 2013
  A interior ministry official admitted there was a security failure in Rafah, North Sinai, in a Shura Council...
Cairo promises to ease travel at Rafah border
MENA 09 Apr 2013
Cairo has promised to make crossing at the Rafah border easier during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail...
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.
Authorities arrest 15 suspected militants in North Sinai
Egypt Independent
MENA
02 Apr 2013
The Armed Forces arrested 15 people on Tuesday accused of being members of a militant group that illegally brandished...
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Armed militants demonstrate through North Sinai towns
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Mar 2013
Militants belonging to various extremist religious groups paraded the streets of two North Sinai towns Sunday, driving...
Women bewailing and weeping during a funeral for soldiers, who were killed during an attack at a checkpoint along the Sinai border with Israel by unknown gunmen, near the tomb of the late former President Anwar al-Sadat and the Unknown Soldier monument, Cairo, 7 August 2012. Egypt began work to seal off smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a security source said, two days after gunmen shot dead 16 Egyptian border guards in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian jihadi militants.
Security sources claim Rafah attackers to be revealed in April
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Mar 2013
  High-ranking security sources said Wednesday that they would reveal the perpetrators behind the deadly Rafah...
Sinai checkpoint attacked for 38th time
MENA 14 Mar 2013
Anonymous gunmen attacked the Rayesa checkpoint on Arish-Rafah international road in North Sinai on Thursday morning,...
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Military court postpones photojournalist trial
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Jan 2013
The Ismailia Military Court ruled on Monday to postpone photojournalist Mohamed Sabry's trial to 29 January in...
A cache of weapons smuggled across the Libyan border into Egypt
Security forces raid arms storage near Israel border
DPA 18 Jan 2013
Security forces uncovered a hidden store of explosives near the border with Israel on Friday.

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Central security officer shot by arms smugglers in Rafah
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Jan 2013
A shootout between Central Security Forces and arms smugglers in Rafah left one officer injured on Monday. Security...