A six-day war that lasted 50 years
By Gwynne Dyer As Israeli columnist Gideon Levy wrote recently in the daily Haaretz: “In retrospect, it should be called the Fifty-Year War, not the...
Sinai peninsula
Ten Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai fighting – army
Ten members of Egypt’s security forces were killed when their vehicles were hit by two improvised bombs during a military operation against suspected militants in...
Seven killed, 15 injured in Sinai blasts
At least five Egyptian soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman were killed, and 15 injured, on Thursday in the Sinai peninsula, after armoured...
Suicide car bombing kills civilian, wounds 25 Egyptian police in Sinai
A suicide car bomber killed a civilian and wounded 25 Egyptian policemen when he tried to ram his car into a police barracks in the...
Kerry to visit Egypt, tensions high before Mursi trial
By Michael Georgy U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Egypt a day before deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi goes on trial, the next...
Gunmen kill 3 Egyptian policemen, post video of August attack
By Maggie Fick Gunmen killed three policemen in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula on Monday, security sources said, and an Islamist militant group released a video...
Gunmen kill 24 Egyptian police in Sinai ambush
By Alistair Lyon and Asma Alsharif Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 24 Egyptian policemen on Monday in the Sinai peninsula, where attacks on security...
Egypt presidency says diplomacy failed to end crisis
By Michael Georgy and Maggie Fick Egypt’s presidency said on Wednesday that diplomatic efforts to end the country’s political turmoil had failed and warned that...
Three shot dead at pro-Mursi ‘Friday of rage’ march in Cairo
By Tom Perry and Alexander Dziadosz At least three protesters were shot dead on Friday outside the Republican Guard barracks in Cairo where deposed President...
Mursi supporters take to streets on “day of rejection”
By Tom Perry and Alastair Macdonald Islamist allies of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Mursi, called on people to protest on Friday to express outrage at...