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An explosion during an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt, on January 9, 2017. (Islamic State Group in Sinai/AP)
October 29, 2019, 11:53 am
Egypt officials: 1 policeman, 13 jihadists killed in Sinai incidents
Attack in the town of Sheikh Zuweid also wounds three cops
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Illustrative: This photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, shows a deadly attack by terrorists on an Egyptian police checkpoint, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP)
August 9, 2017, 6:30 pm
Egyptian officials: 4 policemen killed in northern Sinai
Gunmen ambush car on way to town of el-Arish and open fire in area where Islamic militants are active
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
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 SWEILLAM
Illustrative: Egyptians gather at the scene following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, April 12, 2015. (Muhamed Sabry/AP)
July 8, 2017, 2:44 am
IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers
Dozens of jihadist fighters storm remote military outpost with suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Illustrative: Egyptian soldiers in an armored vehicle in northern Sinai, May 2013. (AP)
July 7, 2017, 11:51 am
10 killed in complex car bomb, shooting attack in Egypt’s Sinai
Suicide bomber rams vehicle into checkpoint in southern Rafah, followed by heavy gunfire from dozens of masked fighters; army claims 40 terrorists killed
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
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)
May 26, 2017, 5:08 am
Sinai jihadists kill 4 Egyptian troops in two attacks
Officials say security forces killed in shooting, roadside bombing by Islamic State fighters
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
An Egyptian army watchtower on the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, July 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 6, 2017, 8:17 pm
IS decapitates father, two sons in Sinai border town
The terrorists had raided the family home, killed mother and kidnapped the 3 last week for alleged collaboration with authorities
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Egyptian mourners and officials stand next to the coffins of the victims of a bomb explosion that targeted a Coptic Orthodox Church the previous day in Cairo, at the end their funeral in the capital's Nasr City neighbourhood on December 12, 2016. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
February 24, 2017, 6:28 pm
Egypt Christians flee Sinai after spate of attacks
Suspected Islamists shoot Coptic man, stab daughter after Islamic State issues threat against religious minority
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Illustrative: Egyptians gather at the scene following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, April 12, 2015. (Muhamed Sabry/AP)
January 9, 2017, 10:45 am
Bomb-laden garbage truck attack in Sinai kills 10
Soldiers come under fire after stolen vehicle rams into checkpoint in northern city of el-Arish; officials fear death toll may rise
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
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)
October 29, 2016, 7:53 pm
Roadside bomb in Sinai kills 2 Egyptian soldiers, wounds 4
Attack in Sheikh Zuwaid area attributed to Islamic State affiliate
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Illustrative: Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, July 2013. (Mohamed El-Sherbeny/AFP)
October 2, 2016, 1:09 am
Suspected IS gunmen kill 6 police in Egypt’s restless Sinai
Recent spate of attacks by jihadists in peninsula’s north targets security forces, moderate Muslim leaders
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
In this picture taken Tuesday, June 30, 2015, provided by the office of the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks at the funeral for Hisham Barakat in Cairo. (Egyptian Presidency via AP)
July 2, 2015, 1:11 am
Muslim Brotherhood calls for ‘rebellion’ against Sissi
Threatened escalation follows deaths of 9 MB leaders after Egypt rocked by Cairo bombing and by Sinai jihadist attacks that killed dozens
By Brian Rohan and ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Egyptians gather around the crater following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry)
May 31, 2015, 1:18 pm
Natural gas pipeline blown up in Sinai
No group has claimed responsibility for attack in el-Arish, but IS-linked militants carried out similar bombings in the past
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Egyptians gather around the crater following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry)
April 12, 2015, 10:34 pm
Attacks on troops in Egypt’s Sinai kill at least 14
Islamic State affiliate launches multiple assaults on police, military targets in restive peninsula
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
Egyptian army personnel supervise the destruction of tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip at the border, near the town of Rafah, northern Sinai, Egypt, September 2013. (photo credit: AP/AP Television)
February 27, 2015, 7:12 pm
Gaza tunnel collapse kills senior Egyptian officer
Another high-ranking soldier injured after smuggling corridor linking Palestinian enclave to Sinai caves in
By ASHRAF SWEILLAM
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