Items related to South Sinai

Police seize cache of explosives bound for Sinai
MENA 18 Jun 2013
Suez police forces on Tuesday seized a truck loaded with explosives bound for South Sinai. The truck, which was seized...
5.0 earthquake hits South Sinai, felt in Cairo
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Jun 2013
The National Institute for Astronomical Research measured today an earthquake in South Sinai that registered a...
Sisi swearing in
Bedouins say Sisi mulling land ownership laws
Al-Masry Al-Youm 23 Apr 2013
  A senior Bedouin leader said Tuesday that Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is mulling changes to a law...
Gunmen attack security checkpoint in South Sinai
MENA 13 Apr 2013
Unidentified attackers fired at policemen manning a checkpoint on the Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel-Sharm el-Sheikh Road near Wadi...
The prisoner-transport truck which was ambushed by unidentified gunmen on the Qantara-Al Arish Road, off Beer El Abd, North Sinai, on 2 February, 2010. Two policemen were shot dead and 4 injured in the ambush. State of emergency was declared in the province, and the Road was closed.
Freed Egyptian prisoners return home from Israel
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
Israeli authorities released Wednesday evening four Egyptian prisoners who had completed their sentences. Khaled...
Two tourists kidnapped in South Sinai
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Mar 2013
Unknown attackers kidnapped two tourists Friday, one Israeli and one Norwegian, a security source said. The two...
  Locusts rest on a branch in Israel’s Negev Desert.
Locusts reportedly attack Sharm el-Sheikh villas, bazaars
Al-Masry Al-Youm 10 Mar 2013
The locust-monitoring base in South Sinai received reports of locust swarms reaching Sharm el-Sheikh and attacking...
After droughts and flood, project aims to preserve Sinai mountain gardens
Louise Sarant 07 Mar 2013
Around St. Catherine’s Monastery, encircled by the high South Sinai mountains, lie hundreds of Bedouin gardens...
  The site of Serabit al-Khadim still preserves the remains of the largest ancient Egyptian temple in the Sinai Peninsula. Located at an elevation, almost 800 meters above sea level, the temple is built of tens of stele inscribed by the chiefs of ancient mining expeditions
Companies may start transporting money via air due to security concerns
Al-Masry Al-Youm 04 Mar 2013
Private security companies and banks may start transporting money in South Sinai via air due to the lack of security...
Dozens protest unemployment in South Sinai
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Feb 2013
Egyptian youth burned tires at a protest against unemployment and corruption in front of the South Sinai Governorate...