north sinai
Gunmen kill 2 policemen in N. Sinai
Egypt
August 26, 2015
Gunmen kill 2 policemen in N. Sinai
Masked gunmen shot and killed two police sergeants in Arish, North Sinai, on Wednesday, a security source has said. The assailants…
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces
Egypt
August 19, 2015
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces
The Obama administration is quietly reviewing the future of America's three-decade deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, fearful the lightly equipped…
Rafah, Sheikh Zuwayed decry NCHR ‘negligence’
Egypt
August 17, 2015
Rafah, Sheikh Zuwayed decry NCHR ‘negligence’
A National Council for Human Rights committee arrived to Arish earlier last week to investigate the living conditions of the…
UK recommends ‘only essential travel’ west of Delta
Egypt
August 16, 2015
UK recommends ‘only essential travel’ west of Delta
The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised British visitors to Egypt to abstain from travel to regions…
Court returns to Sinai after relocation prompted by judges killings
Egypt
August 16, 2015
Court returns to Sinai after relocation prompted by judges killings
The North Sinai Court will return to the restive peninsula after a three-month relocation to Ismailia prompted by terrorist attacks. A…
Shell falls on North Sinai house, injures child
Egypt
August 7, 2015
Shell falls on North Sinai house, injures child
A shell fell on a house in Al-Shalaq area, west of Sheikh Zuweid City, on Friday morning, injuring a child…
Rocket shell kills Sinai senior tribal chief in his house
Egypt
August 6, 2015
Rocket shell kills Sinai senior tribal chief in his house
Eyewitnesses in Al-Mahdeya village, south of Rafah City, North Sinai, have reported the killing of senior tribal chief of al-Sawarka…
Egypt says 88 suspected militants killed in North Sinai in late July
Egypt
August 2, 2015
Egypt says 88 suspected militants killed in North Sinai in late July
The Egyptian army killed 88 suspected militants in security campaigns in North Sinai in the period between July 20 and…
Armed forces to establish North Sinai development company
Egypt
July 28, 2015
Armed forces to establish North Sinai development company
Governor of North Sinai, Major General Abdel Fattah Harhour has announced the establishment of a national company for the development…
8 IEDs defused, roadside bomb hits police vehicle in N.Sinai
Egypt
July 28, 2015
8 IEDs defused, roadside bomb hits police vehicle in N.Sinai
Eight IEDs planted by unknown perpetrators on the Arish-Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid-al-Goura highways in North Sinai were found on Tuesday…