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People light candles during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Russian MetroJet plane crash on October 30, 2016 in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AFP/ MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
October 31, 2016, 8:01 am
Egypt marks year since plane downed by IS over Sinai
Egyptian, Russian officials gather in Sharm el Sheikh to commemorate 224 killed in terror attack; Moscow envoy says flights from Russia to resume soon
By AFP
File: Debris of the A321 Russian airliner lie on the ground a day after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015 (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
February 24, 2016, 6:40 pm
In first, Egypt’s Sissi says Russian plane downed by ‘terrorism’
Fearing tourism slump, Cairo had maintained technical problems were behind aircraft crash that killed 224 tourists
By AFP
A Russian investigator walks near wreckage November 1, 2015, a day after a passenger jet bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, crashed in Hassana, Egypt. (AP/Amr Nabil, File)
January 29, 2016, 5:40 pm
EgyptAir mechanic suspected of planting IS bomb on Russian jet
Suspect’s cousin said to be with group in Syria; Egypt ‘losing billions’ in tourist money since October crash killed 224
By TOI staff
The tail of a Metrojet plane that crashed in Hassana, Egypt carrying 224 people on Saturday, October 31, 2015. (Suliman el-Oteify/Egyptian Prime Minister's Office via AP)
January 5, 2016, 3:31 pm
Deliberate acts cause more airline deaths than crashes
2015 tally shows terrorist attacks trump accidental crashes as cause for most airline casualties
By Joan Lowy
Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris grounded at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, after a suspected bomb was found on board, December 20, 2015. (Photo by AFP)
December 21, 2015, 1:50 pm
Couple held in Paris over fake bomb on Air France flight
Airline says it will take legal action against pair who planted kitchen timer as a ‘bad joke’
By AFP
File: Debris of the A321 Russian airliner lie on the ground a day after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015 (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
December 14, 2015, 1:57 pm
Egypt: Still no proof terrorists downed Russian plane
Head of probe says no evidence found of ‘illicit meddling or a terrorist action’ in crash that killed all 224 on board
By AFP
Security personnel and investigators gather at the scene of a drive-by shooting on a security checkpoint that killed four policemen, near Saqqara, home to the 4,600-year-old Step Pyramid, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, November 28, 2015. (Photo by AP Photo/Ravy Shaker)
November 29, 2015, 11:52 am
IS group claims killing of 4 Egyptian police
Masked gunmen opened fire near famed Giza pyramids on outskirts of Cairo
By AP and AFP
Illustrative: Thousands of Israelis and tourists seen on the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot summer day. July 25, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 26, 2015, 10:42 am
With Turkey and Egypt out, Israel looks to woo Russian tourists
Tourism Ministry investing $2.6 million to attract jet-setters from the frozen north in search of sunnier climes
By AFP and TOI staff
In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, the arrival hall is empty at the Sharm el-Sheikh Airport in south Sinai, Egypt. (AP/Ahmed Abd El-Latif, File)
November 24, 2015, 1:04 pm
Easyjet cancels flights to and from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh
Move comes after Russian passenger jet downed by Islamic State bomb smuggled aboard at Egyptian airport on October 31
By AFP
People walking along a conflict damaged street in the Syrian town of Kobane, March 27, 2015. Islamic State group fighters reentered the battleground town on June 25, 2015. (AFP/YASIN AKGUL)
November 23, 2015, 2:06 pm
Mideast chaos, violence won’t end with IS defeat
US invasion of Iraq and Syrian civil war stirred up a stew of ancient discontent, sectarian frustration and flagrant injustices
By Steven R. Hurst
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (L) welcomes Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Riyadh international airport on November 10, 2015, (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
November 12, 2015, 4:14 pm
Saudi king has ‘full confidence’ in Egypt security
King Salman takes stance opposing those of Britain, Russia in bid to help Sissi rehabilitate Sinai tourism industry
By AFP
In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, an Egyptian armored vehicle is seen on the Egyptian side of the border across from Rafah in north Sinai. (Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)
November 12, 2015, 3:02 pm
Eight civilians killed on Sinai-Gaza border
Unidentified armed men shoot victims, including a child, for cooperating with security forces
By AFP
Eilat's Dolphin Reef (Dafna Tal/ www.goisrael.com)
November 12, 2015, 11:56 am
Is Sinai’s pain Eilat’s gain?
As European tourists cancel their Sharm el-Sheikh vacations following the suspected bombing of a Russian airliner, Israel’s southern resort town gets ready to welcome them
By Simona Weinglass
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