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A member of the Islamic State's Sinai affiliate purporting to show Israeli-made munitions found in the rubble of an airstrike in a video released by the Amaq news agency on May 23, 2018. (screen capture, Amaq)
May 23, 2018, 8:48 pm
Islamic State claims ‘proof’ of Israeli airstrikes in northern Sinai
Jihadist group shows off Hebrew labels on munitions purportedly found in aftermath of raid in restive Egyptian peninsula
By TOI staff
An Egyptian army tank patrols on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza, July 2, 2015 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
May 22, 2018, 5:20 pm
Egyptian army intensifies home demolitions in Sinai, says watchdog
Human Rights Watch reports that military campaign against Islamic State group has destroyed 3,000 homes and hundreds of hectares of farmland since February
By Agencies
An illustrative photo of an Egyptian courtroom. (AP/Mohammed Abu Zaid)
May 7, 2018, 6:27 pm
Egypt refers 555 to military court on terror-related charges
Prosecutor says suspects carried out 63 attacks against security forces in Sinai on behalf of local IS branch
By Samy Magdy
In this August 9, 2012, file photo, army trucks carry Egyptian tanks in a military convoy in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP)
April 23, 2018, 8:59 am
Rights group says Egypt’s fight against IS threatens humanitarian crisis
Human Rights Watch reports 420,000 people are in urgent need of aid as food, medicine, cooking gas supplies diminish during campaign against jihadist group
By AFP
Illustrative image of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 (AP/Kevin Cleynhens)
April 12, 2018, 2:11 pm
Egypt, Russia resume flights halted after 2015 plane bombing
Moscow agrees to restart route after Cairo invests heavily in airport security
By AP
Smoke billows on the Egyptian side of the border, seen from Rafah in southern Gaza, following an explosion, on February 10, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
April 8, 2018, 1:06 pm
Egypt army says it killed 4 jihadists in Sinai
In ongoing campaign to quash Islamic State's local branch, military says it arrested 250 'wanted and suspected criminals' in recent days
By AFP
The Israeli side of the Taba border crossing with Egypt (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 24, 2018, 11:50 pm
Israeli detained in Egypt after crossing border with bullets
Israeli diplomats in Cairo help secure release of tourist found with weapons magazine in his car as he crossed into Sinai
By TOI staff
Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities for humanitarian cases, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2018. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
March 23, 2018, 2:55 pm
Egypt opens Gaza border for two days
Palestinian embassy in Cairo says humanitarian cases to cross from coastal enclave into Sinai for only third time this year
By AFP
Illustrative: A picture taken on November 28, 2017, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing following an explosion close to the border on the Egyptian side of the divided city. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
March 19, 2018, 10:59 am
4 Egyptian troops killed, 8 wounded in Sinai fighting
Egypt's military says 36 jihadists killed in peninsula over past 5 days as part of widespread operation
By AP
Illustrative: A picture taken on November 28, 2017, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing following an explosion close to the border on the Egyptian side of the divided city. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
March 11, 2018, 2:27 pm
Egypt army says 16 Islamic State terrorists killed in Sinai operation
Officer and soldier also die in major offensive aimed at crushing group in peninsula within 3 months
By AFP
Illustrative. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)
March 7, 2018, 2:14 pm
Israel hints that Sinai fighting caused cellphone disruption
Communications minister says defense officials met with counterparts 'over the border' to restore service
By AP
Suleiman Khater (photo credit: Courtesy)
March 6, 2018, 9:27 pm
Egypt detains 6 over play about cop who gunned down Israeli tourists
Playwright, director of show about Suleiman Khater arrested because it 'insults' country's security forces, officials say
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative: Egyptian army conscripts stand guard outside the Suez Canal University hospital in the eastern port city of Ismailia on November 25, 2017, where the victims of a bomb and gun assault on the North Sinai Rawda mosque a day earlier.. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
March 4, 2018, 4:19 pm
4 soldiers, 10 jihadis killed in Egypt Sinai campaign
Latest deaths raise military casualties to 16 since start of sweeping operation against Islamic State last month
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, attends the inauguration of the East Suez Canal Counter-Terrorism command, in Sinai, Egypt on February 25, 2018. (MENA via AP)
March 1, 2018, 1:38 am
Egyptian army in Sinai Peninsula doubles in a year, with Israel’s blessing
Eighty-eight Egyptian battalions with 42,000 soldiers fighting Islamic State, up from 41 battalions and 25,000 men a year ago
By TOI staff
Smoke billows on the Egyptian side of the border, seen from Rafah in southern Gaza, following an explosion, on February 10, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
February 15, 2018, 8:55 pm
Jihadists looking to Sinai for new home base, Egypt army warns
Spokesman says 53 terrorists killed and more than 600 detained since beginning of major operation against IS
By AFP
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