Egypt’s army kills 10, arrests 400 in Sinai operation
Egyptian security forces killed 10 militants in an exchange of fire and arrested 400 suspects, including foreigners, in a continuing crackdown in Sinai, the army...
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Gunbattles, airstrikes in Sinai as Egyptian forces hit militants
Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army...
Militants kill more than 230 at mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai (Updated)
Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such...
Seven Egyptian police killed in Sinai bomb attack (Updated)
At least seven policemen and one civilian were killed in a bomb attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish on Monday,...
Twelve security personnel killed in Egypt’s Sinai – security and medical sources
Suspected Islamic State gunmen killed 12 members of Egypt’s security forces in North Sinai province and injured eight more in an attack on a checkpoint...
Egypt military says killed leader of Islamic State in Sinai
Egypt‘s military said on Thursday it had killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, whom it identified as the leader of the Sinai branch of Islamic State. It...
Egypt says no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash
Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger...
Egypt finds 15 dead African migrants near Israel border -sources
Egyptian police found the bodies of 15 African migrants on Sunday who appeared to have been shot dead in the turbulent area of northern Sinai...
Two more planes leave Cyprus for Sharm el-Sheikh (Update 2)
Two more of the 11 planes from the UK that were based in Cyprus flew out to Sharm el-Sheikh from Larnaca on Sunday evening to...
Investigators “90 percent sure” that bomb went off on Russian flight (Update 2)
By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Michael Georgy Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are “90 percent sure” the noise heard in the final...
Russian plane may have been brought down by explosive device, UK says
Britain said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt after taking off from Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh might have been...
Russia mourns victims of Egyptian plane crash
By Dmitry Madorsky and Alexander Winning Grieving Russians piled flowers high at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport on Sunday, mourning more than 200 compatriots who died...
UAE carriers re-route flights over Egypt’s Sinai after Russian crash
United Arab Emirates airlines Emirates, Air Arabia and flydubai said on Sunday they were re-routing flights to avoid Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where a Russian aircraft...
Russian plane “broke up in the air” (Update)
A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt on Saturday “broke up in the air”, a Russian aviation official said on Sunday, adding that it was...
Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt (Update: claim not accurate Russia says)
A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula...
Anastasiades tweets condolences for Sinai crash
President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday expressed his condolences over the crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula “Heartfelt condolences to all the...
Blast on tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai kills at least three (updated)
A bomb on a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killed at least two Koreans and the Egyptian driver on Sunday, army and security sources...
Car bomb attack kills 10 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai (updated)
Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, one of the deadliest attacks there since al Qaeda-inspired militants...
Israel shoots down rocket targeting resort city Eilat
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan Israel shot down a rocket aimed at its southern resort city of Eilat early on Tuesday, blowing it up in mid air...