Security forces reportedly arrested those behind the recent shooting death of a national security officer in Sharkiya. The army spokesman said one militant was killed and 11 others arrested during operations in North Sinai. Authorities arrested seven people suspected of inciting violence on Facebook against security personnel.
A court sentenced 26 people to death for forming a terror group that sought to launch attacks against the Suez Canal. Army chief Abdel Fattah el Sisi is expected to stay on as defense minister in the new Cabinet. State TV said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim will keep his position. In March, a court will […]
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.
The army spokesman said 16 militants were arrested during operations in North Sinai. A military officer was wounded in a shooting attack by gunmen in Sharkiya. Border Guards detained five Muslim Brotherhood members who were reportedly fleeing to Sudan. Egypt’s newly designated prime minister said his government would work to “crush terrorism” throughout the country. […]
The army spokesman said operations in North Sinai over the weekend had resulted in the death of 14 militants and the arrest of 23 others. The spokesman also said an Ansar Jerusalem member was killed during a firefight with forces. Prime Minister Beblawi announced that the current Egyptian cabinet had resigned. A court upheld the […]
A security officer was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Sharkiya. Military sources said 10 militants were killed in the latest air strikes in North Sinai. Former President Mohammed Morsi said the court trying him and other Brotherhood members lacks the necessary authority.
Israel efforts at thwarting the Sinai terrorism threat
Egyptian helicopters carried out a number of airstrikes in North Sinai. Security sources claimed to have arrested one of the Ansar Jerusalem members responsible for the Jan. 25 downing of a helicopter with a SAM. Security officials also said five Islamist militants were killed and 36 others arrested in operations in North Sinai. Five Egyptians […]
Militants turning to violence in Egypt; groups use Facebook to threaten police
New photos of the Nasr City terror cell were published by the Egyptian media. Officials claimed that senior members of Ansar Jerusalem were killed in North Sinai airstrikes. Security sources said three people tied to the Taba tourist bus bombing have been arrested. Gunmen carried out three separate shooting attacks in the Sharkiya area in […]
Members of the Nasr City cell proudly display their loyalty to al Qaeda as they await trial in Egypt. The cell has multiple ties to al Qaeda. And one of its leaders, Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, trained some of the fighters who participated in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Coach blast knocks back Egypt’s tourism recovery
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.
A return to the 1990s for Egypt?
The army carried out extensive bombing campaigns in North Sinai reportedly targeting Ansar Jerusalem fighters. A military source admitted that Egyptian authorities do not know the identity of most Ansar Jerusalem members. A court hearing for those suspected of killing more than 20 Egyptian policemen in August 2013 took place.
An IED attack in North Sinai wounded at least four security personnel. Security personnel were also targeted by unidentified gunmen in a shooting attack in Rafah. The trial for the Nasr City Cell was postponed until Feb. 25. Authorities charged two Israelis and two Egyptians with espionage. A Cairo court postponed making a decision on […]
Egypt border police on alert after tour bus bombing
“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.
Suspected Egyptian militants raise stakes in insurgency
Sinai blast puts hold on Korean Christian pilgrimage
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus in Taba yesterday. The army spokesman said security forces have destroyed 1,275 smuggling tunnels in the Rafah area in recent months. He also said security forces had killed three Islamist militants in North Sinai.
At least three people were killed when an explosion struck a tourist bus in the town of Taba in the Sinai. The cause of the attack, which has thus far gone unclaimed, has yet to be determined. Following the attack, cars traveling from South Sinai to North Sinai were searched by security forces.
Who let the jihadis out?
The exact cause of the explosion has yet to be determined, and the attack has thus far gone unclaimed. After the attack, authorities closed the Taba border crossing between Israel and Egypt.
Feature: Gaza smugglers rebuild smuggling tunnels after destruction by Egypt
Security forces in North Sinai defused two explosive devices and destroyed 10 smuggling tunnels. The army announced the arrest of 19 Muslim Brotherhood members in Ismailia. Security sources said Islamist militants in North Sinai are funded through human trafficking. Gunmen in a car shot at security forces at an intelligence building in Ismailia.
The army spokesman said one of those responsible for the downing of a military helicopter in late January was arrested. At least two people were killed in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters. An improvised explosive device exploded along a road in North Sinai; no injuries were reported. Security sources denied reports of […]
Security forces reportedly thwarted an assassination attempt on a top security official in Giza. The army spokesman said 112 Islamist militants have been killed or wounded in operations in North Sinai in the past week. Two policemen were shot and killed by unidentified gunmen south of Cairo. Ansar Jerusalem claimed a December car bombing in […]
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.
A pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula was again targeted by unidentified assailants. The army spokesman said 13 people were arrested in the latest operations in North Sinai. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed three security personnel in Ismailia. An Interior Ministry official warned that Sinai jihadists were escaping the security crackdown in North Sinai and reach […]