Sinai Peninsula

Two conscripts wounded in roadside bomb blast North Sinai
Egypt

Two conscripts wounded in roadside bomb blast North Sinai

Two security conscripts were wounded Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb rocked their armored vehicle at a main highway in…
Two policemen shot dead in North Sinai: Interior Ministry
Egypt

Two policemen shot dead in North Sinai: Interior Ministry

Two policemen were shot dead while on duty in Arish, North Sinai, the Interior Ministry announced on its Facebook page…
HRW accuses Egypt of ‘mass home demolitions’ in Sinai
Egypt

HRW accuses Egypt of ‘mass home demolitions’ in Sinai

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Egypt's military of having "violated international law" through mass home demolitions and evictions over…
74 militants killed as Sinai operation enters 13th day: army
Egypt

74 militants killed as Sinai operation enters 13th day: army

Egypt’s army killed 74 militants in the restive North Sinai province on Saturday, as an army raid targeting suspected terrorist…
Police official shot dead in North Sinai
Egypt

Police official shot dead in North Sinai

A policeman was killed when unknown attackers shot him on a street in Arish, North Sinai, the Interior Ministry said…
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces
Egypt

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

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…
Presidential amendments allow dual nationals to own Sinai buildings
Egypt

Presidential amendments allow dual nationals to own Sinai buildings

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi adopted changes to a 2012 law regulating land ownership in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, allowing…
Court returns to Sinai after relocation prompted by judges killings
Egypt

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…
Israel threatens IS Sinai affiliate
Egypt

Israel threatens IS Sinai affiliate

Israel threatened, on Wednesday, the Islamic State’s arm in the Sinai Peninsula, saying it would respond strictly against any attacks…
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