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New name of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
June 8, 2019, 4:57 pm
Egypt says 4 jihadists killed in restive northern Sinai
Security forces storm hideout in coastal town of el-Arish days after Islamic State-claimed attack at nearby police checkpoint killed 8 officers
By Agencies
In this November 3, 2018 file photo, coffins of Coptic Christians slain in an Islamic State terror attack lie in the Church of Great Martyr Prince Tadros during their funeral service in Minya, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
November 4, 2018, 3:11 pm
Egypt says it killed 19 in shootout with perpetrators of attack on Christians
Gunmen had killed 7 pilgrims Friday in Islamic State assault on the road to remote desert monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor
By Hamza Hendawi
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/SAID KHATIB)
May 1, 2018, 4:36 pm
Residents of south warned about planned ‘massive’ Egypt assault on IS affiliate
Eshkol Regional Council says loud bombardments will be heard, as Cairo continues effort to regain control in Sinai
By Judah Ari Gross and AFP
Egyptian army soldiers patrol the Cairo-Ismailia desert road in Egypt, August 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 18, 2018, 3:37 pm
Egypt army says it killed Islamic State leader in Sinai
Nasser Abu Zaqul led jihadists in the mountainous center of the peninsula, according to military
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
Radical Islamists in Egypt dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious state. The headband reads: 'No God but God and Mohammed is his messenger.' (AP/Amr Nabil)
January 2, 2018, 4:00 pm
Egypt executes 4 jihadists over 2015 bomb attack
Latest cases bring to 19 the number of Islamist fighters put to death by Egyptian government over the past week
By AP
A picture taken on November 25, 2017, shows the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
December 2, 2017, 6:15 pm
Egyptian TV panelists pin Sinai mosque massacre on Israel and ‘the Jews’
Participants in debate say attack in which over 300 were killed is part of Mossad plot to empty peninsula of its inhabitants, replace them with Palestinians
By TOI staff
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
November 29, 2017, 3:30 pm
Islamic State silent on Egypt massacre decried even by its supporters
Almost a week after the Friday killing of over 300 worshipers by terrorists flying jihadist flags, group has yet to claim the attack
By Samer al-Atrush
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)
November 28, 2017, 7:22 pm
Egyptian police kill 11 suspected terrorists in shootout
Cairo’s interior ministry says ‘terrorist elements’ killed in raid provided support to jihadists in Sinai Peninsula
By Agencies
View of the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, on November 24, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
November 25, 2017, 7:44 pm
Mosque attack is a testament to Egypt’s impotence in Sinai
For now Cairo may be able to afford to let insurgents and local tribes battle it out, but eventually the terrorists will hit closer to home
By Avi Issacharoff
Egyptian policemen inspect the scene of an attack which killed five of their colleagues in a shooting near Badrasheen, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Cairo, on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gawad)
October 21, 2017, 1:50 am
At least 35 Egyptian police dead in shootout with Islamists
Security official says clash southwest of Cairo came during a raid on militants’ hideout; Hasm group claims responsibility
By Agencies
File: A picture taken from the southern Gaza Strip shows Egyptian soldiers using bulldozers as they demolish houses in search of tunnels on the border with Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip the Rafah on March 17, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 10, 2017, 7:02 pm
Egypt expands buffer zone along Gaza border
Bulldozers raze 140 homes near Strip to cut off flow of weapons, militants from enclave to Sinai-based terror group
By Agencies
This February 10, 2016, file photo shows IDF soldiers keeping watch as a machine drills holes in the ground on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as they search for tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists planning to attack Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
August 4, 2017, 8:33 am
Israel said weighing barrier to block IS tunnels from Sinai
IDF reportedly considers extending underground wall being built around Gaza Strip to avert jihadist threat from peninsula
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The charred remains of an armored vehicle are loaded onto a truck after a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a police checkpoint in el-Arish, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Sabry)
July 17, 2017, 8:16 pm
Suspected jihadis kill 5 police in attacks in Egypt’s Sinai
Shooting and roadside bombs come after Egyptian jets strike alleged terrorist gathering
By Ashraf Sweilam
A general view shows people looking at the aftermath following a bomb blast which struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, north of Cairo, on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
July 14, 2017, 8:58 am
Fearing more terror attacks, Egypt churches suspend activities
Based on specific security warnings, Coptic and Evangelical churches postpone conferences and trips for three weeks
By AFP
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