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Screen capture from video of a fire at the police headquarters in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, October 2, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2023, 9:42 am
Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 38 people
Most of those hurt suffer breathing difficulties; cause of blaze, which devastates building, not immediately known
By Samy Magdy
Gunmen are seen opening fire at a police checkpoint in the Egyptian city of Ismailia, purportedly in an attack on December 30, 2022, in a video circulated on social media. (Screenshot: Twitter)
January 1, 2023, 2:30 am
Islamic State claims deadly attack in Ismailia, first in mainland Egypt in 3 years
3 Egyptian police officers killed in shooting in Suez Canal city on Friday, following years of attacks concentrated in Sinai
By AFP
A Christian man who fled el-Arish stands outside the Evangelical Church in Ismailia, 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State militants are fleeing the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a fourth day, after a string of sectarian killings there sent hundreds fleeing and raised accusations the government is failing to protect the minority. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
February 26, 2017, 6:25 pm
Fearing terror, Egyptian Christians flee Sinai for 4th day
Over 100 families from el-Arish move to Ismailia near the Suez Canal due to violence from Islamic State affiliates
By Brian Rohan
An army Zodiac secures the entrance of the new section of the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, August 6, 2015. (AP/Amr Nabil)
August 8, 2015, 2:39 am
At Suez launch, Egypt channels ‘Game of Thrones’
State television plays theme music from hit HBO show for dramatic ambience at ceremonial opening of new canal
By Stuart Winer
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House as they sign the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979. (AP/Bob Daugherty)
February 24, 2015, 11:16 pm
How Jimmy Carter vetoed the first Israeli envoy requested by Sadat
Ties with peripheral countries in the Middle East enabled Israel to make peace with Egypt, claims x-Mossad man Yossi Alpher in new book
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo of Egyptian riot police stand guard in Cairo, January 28, 2014. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)
February 12, 2014, 11:28 am
Gunmen kill three Egypt policemen
Incident brings to five the number of security personnel killed in last 24 hours
By AFP
December 12, 2013, 9:29 pm
Explosion kills 1, wounds over a dozen in Egypt
Car bomb reportedly targets military base near Ismailia, a major city on the Suez Canal
By AP
November 11, 2013, 2:09 pm
Drive-by shooting kills 2 soldiers in Egypt
Troops gunned down at checkpoint on the road to Suez Canal city of Ismailia; three others wounded
By AP
Security officials examine the site of a car bomb in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, Egypt, Saturday Oct. 19, 2013. A car bomb exploded Saturday near an Egyptian military intelligence compound in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding several soldiers, security officials said, as militants appear to be expanding the scope of attacks beyond the restive Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo)
October 19, 2013, 3:56 pm
Egypt: Car bomb explodes near military intelligence building
At least four people wounded in attack in city bordering Sinai Peninsula on first workday after major Muslim holiday
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi scream chants at Egyptian soldiers during a protest in Cairo on August 12. (photo credit: Ed Giles/Getty via JTA)
October 13, 2013, 7:39 pm
US citizen found dead in Egyptian cell
Officials say James Henry, 55, hanged himself; American was arrested in August for curfew violation
By Lazar Berman and AP
Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle, backed by a helicopter gunship, during a sweep through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, in May 2013. (AP)
October 7, 2013, 1:30 pm
Huge explosion hits security HQ in Sinai
At least nine killed in two separate attack in peninsula, including six soldiers targeted by gunmen
By AP and Naama Barak
Illustrative photo of Egyptian army trucks carrying military tanks in the northern Sinai Peninsula, August 2012. (AP/File)
October 4, 2013, 3:49 pm
Egypt: Gunmen attack army convoy, killing two
Two more soldiers sustain injuries in ambush of military trucks and armored vehicles near Cairo
By Tony G. Gabriel
Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi chant slogans in Cairo, Egypt, during a demonstration earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
October 4, 2013, 6:54 am
Crippled by army, Egypt’s Brotherhood vows to keep up fight
Crackdown has hurt Islamist group, but pressure serves to strengthen core and set up long-term battle with government
By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood chant slogans during a demonstration in Dalga Village, in upper Egypt, Aug. 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Roger Anis/El Shorouk Newspaper)
September 6, 2013, 3:55 pm
Morsi supporters rally across Egypt
Thousands stream out of mosques after Friday prayers, chanting ‘down with military rule’ and waving Egyptian flags
By AP
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi at a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
July 4, 2013, 11:59 pm
Egypt’s revolution strikes back
This time, however, optimism is replaced by despair — and the country’s problems will likely only worsen
By Avi Issacharoff
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