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Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
Egypt

Security forces kill five militants in Sinai

The Egyptian Second Field Army – who are assigned with the task of securing North Sinai and Ismailia from an extremist…
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
Features/Interviews

Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram

Local officials in Maiduguri face the dilemma of how to get thousands of homeless children back to school in a…
Islamic State beheads 2 for ‘sorcery’ in Sinai
Egypt

Islamic State beheads 2 for ‘sorcery’ in Sinai

Islamic State's branch in the Sinai Peninsula posted a video on Tuesday depicting the beheading of two men the militant…
546 Christians flee from Arish to Ismailia: Coptic Church
Egypt

546 Christians flee from Arish to Ismailia: Coptic Church

The Coptic Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that a total of 133 Christian families, comprising 546 people, have fled from…
IS militants in north Sinai showing their strength
Egypt

IS militants in north Sinai showing their strength

In the past three days, Islamic State militants in Egypt's volatile northern Sinai region abducted four men accused of collaborating…
Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week
Egypt

Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week

 Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian teacher on his way to school in northern Sinai on Thursday, the…
Court hands down death sentence, life in prison for defendents in Zeitoun Cell case
Egypt

Court hands down death sentence, life in prison for defendents in Zeitoun Cell case

Cairo Criminal Court has handed down tough sentences to the defendents in the Zeitoun Cell case, with the main defendent…
Separate bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan
World

Separate bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan

More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 when a…
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’
World

Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’

ABUJA ­— Nigeria's government is reaching out to radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, talking with some of its members via…
US prepares for last major Afghan offensive
World

US prepares for last major Afghan offensive

KABUL - For Taliban militants and US strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts…
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