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Ansar Jerusalem calls on ‘spies’ to repent in latest video
The last segment of the video showed Ansar Jerusalem fighters operating a checkpoint on the Rafah-el-Arish international road in order “to arrest the spies and the agents, the traitors.”
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For 3 Egyptian Islamists, violence is only way to respond to police crackdown
Key suspect in January Cairo car bombing killed in shootout
Meanwhile, four suspected al Qaeda members were referred to trial yesterday over their involvement in plots to carry out attacks in Egypt, including against the US and French embassies.
Egypt says suspect in Cairo attack fought in Syria and Libya
If al Taliawi is a member of Ansar Jerusalem and did indeed fight in Syria, he would be the third member of the group to have done so.
Social Media Jihad: Honoring al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria
The Ibn Taymiyya Media Center (ITMC) has published a banner honoring the “martyrdom” of Abu Khalid al Suri, who was one of al Qaeda’s top men in Syria. The ITMC is the propaganda arm for Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) and also publicizes propaganda on behalf of Ansar Jerusalem.
Sinai gas pipeline struck for 4th time in 2014
Since February 2011, Sinai gas pipelines have been struck at least 20 times, according to a tally maintained by The Long War Journal. Ansar Jerusalem has claimed responsibility for nearly all of these attacks.
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Militants turning to violence in Egypt; groups use Facebook to threaten police
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Coach blast knocks back Egypt’s tourism recovery
Egyptian officials believe Ansar Jerusalem members killed in Sinai airstrikes
Egyptian officials believe that “senior members” of Ansar Jerusalem were killed in recent airstrikes in North Sinai. Independent confirmation of the results of Egyptian military operations in North Sinai is almost impossible to come by.
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A return to the 1990s for Egypt?
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Egypt border police on alert after tour bus bombing
Ansar Jerusalem claims tourist bus bombing in Egypt’s Sinai
“This comes within our assault in the economic war on this traitorous agent regime,” Ansar Jerusalem said in its latest statement. The attack in Taba is at least the fourth since September 2013 in which Ansar Jerusalem has used a suicide bomber.
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Suspected Egyptian militants raise stakes in insurgency
Ansar Jerusalem releases video of December bombing in Sharkiya
The attack, which had previously gone unclaimed, wounded at least four Egyptian security personnel. Five days before this attack, a bombing by Ansar Jerusalem in Mansoura killed more than a dozen.
Al Qaeda’s expansion into Egypt
Testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security on al Qaeda’s network in Egypt and the threat it poses to the US
More ties between Ansar Jerusalem and the Syrian jihad reported
A close look at Ansar Jerusalem’s attempted assassination of Egypt’s interior minister on Sept. 5, 2013 reveals multiple connections to al Qaeda’s international network.
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The Strategy of Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
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‘Volunteer jihadists’ pose security dilemma in Egypt
Israel targets Gaza terror operative linked to Sinai-based Ansar Jerusalem
In October 2012, Israeli intelligence noted that cooperation between Ansar Jerusalem and members of the Popular Resistance Committees was occurring.
Egypt’s army says 16 militants killed in latest North Sinai airstrikes
The army spokesman did not identify the 16 suspect militants, but some reports have suggested that members of Ansar Jerusalem were targeted. In Cairo, authorities continued to search for the perpetrators of yesterday’s bombing.
Ajnad Misr
Violence risks turning Egypt to jihadi front
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Jihadist Return Is Said to Drive Attacks in Egypt
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Why an upsurge in terrorism in the Sinai Peninsua raises fears for the Suez Canal
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Shadowy jihadist group poses grave threat to Egypt
Ansar Jerusalem takes credit for latest Eilat rocket attack
This was the second such attack claimed by the group in the past two weeks. An Iron Dome missile defense battery intercepted the latest rocket and is likely to remain in the area over the coming weeks.
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Al-Qaeda now frontline threat to Israel
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Egypt faces new threat in al Qaeda-linked group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Egypt’s army claims 20 Islamist militants killed in recent Sinai airstrikes
Airstrikes in North Sinai appear to have increased in recent days after Ansar Jerusalem released video of its fighters downing an Egyptian military helicopter with a MANPADS.
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Petraeus: Terrorists With Missiles Could Down Global Air Traffic