north sinai
Egypt starts second phase of Rafah evictions
Egypt
January 8, 2015
Egypt starts second phase of Rafah evictions
Egypt starts on Thursday the second phase of evictions at the border city of Rafah, a security measure that seeks…
Chilly weather expected Thursday
Egypt
December 30, 2014
Chilly weather expected Thursday
A significant decrease in temperature is expected to occur, to drop between 4 and 5 degrees Celsius starting Thursday until…
Dozens injured and killed as scaffold falls in Sinai factory
Egypt
December 27, 2014
Dozens injured and killed as scaffold falls in Sinai factory
A still undetermined number of victims died on Saturday morning as a scaffold fell at a cement factory in central…
3 extremists killed, 13 hotbeds destroyed in North Sinai crackdown
Egypt
December 12, 2014
3 extremists killed, 13 hotbeds destroyed in North Sinai crackdown
The armed forces killed three alleged extremists and destroyed 13 alleged terrorist shelters in a crackdown in south Sheikh Zuwaid,…
Sinai curfew to be shortened, president tells Sinai tribes
Egypt
December 10, 2014
Sinai curfew to be shortened, president tells Sinai tribes
A curfew imposed on the restive Sinai Peninsula following a bloody attack on security personnel in October will be shortened…
Two dead bodies found in Sheikh Zuweid Thursday
Egypt
December 4, 2014
Two dead bodies found in Sheikh Zuweid Thursday
Residents of Abu Tawila Village in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, found two people shot dead in the head on Thursday…
Six unidentified dead bodies found in N. Sinai
Egypt
December 2, 2014
Six unidentified dead bodies found in N. Sinai
Security in North Sinai found six dead bodies strewn in highroads in Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed on Monday night, all…
Army: 6 extremists killed in North Sinai raids
Egypt
November 17, 2014
Army: 6 extremists killed in North Sinai raids
Six extremist elements were killed in army air raids in North Sinai, a Egyptian army source said in statements late…
Sinai extremist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis officially pledges allegiance to IS
Egypt
November 10, 2014
Sinai extremist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis officially pledges allegiance to IS
Egypt’s most active terrorist group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, the movement that controls large…
Sinai tribes say govt evacuation scheme ‘impossible’
Egypt
November 5, 2014
Sinai tribes say govt evacuation scheme ‘impossible’
A sinai tribal leader has said that the government’s plan to create a buffer zone on its borders with Gaza…