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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Samer al-Atrush

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
Relatives of the victims of the bomb and gun assault on the North Sinai Rawda mosque wait outside the Suez Canal University hospital in the eastern port city of Ismailia on November 25, 2017, where they were taken to receive treatment following the deadly attack the day before. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
November 25, 2017, 12:44 pm
Egypt mourns 305 victims of Sinai mosque massacre
Nationwide prayers planned during 3-day mourning period; president vows to ‘respond with brutal force’ to country’s deadliest terror attack
By Samer al-Atrush
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers west of el-Arish in Egypt's Sinai, after a gun and bombing terror attack, on November 24, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)
November 24, 2017, 10:14 pm
Who are the Sufis associated with the mosque attacked in Egypt?
They are considered heretics by Salafists, but in much of the Muslim world Sufism is accepted and practiced by mainstream Muslims
By Samer al-Atrush
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen in Cairo, June 29, 2015. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
July 14, 2017, 3:17 pm
Five Egyptian police officers shot dead near capital
No claim of responsibility, but jihadists suspected as three gunmen open fire and flee
By Samer al-Atrush
Pope Francis (C) walks alongside Coptic Pope Tawadros II (R) during a visit at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo, which was target by a suicide bomb attack that killed 29 people last December, on April 28, 2017. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
April 28, 2017, 11:18 pm
Pope pleads for ‘holy’ peace during Egypt visit
‘No act of violence can be perpetrated in the name of God, for it would profane his name,’ Francis tells Muslim-Christian conference
By Samer al-Atrush and Catherine MARCIANO
An Egyptian holds out torn a page from a prayer book showing a section of the Gospel of John in Arabic inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass, on April 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 10, 2017, 6:03 am
Pressed in Iraq and Syria, IS lashes out in Egypt
Amid battlefield setbacks, Sinai jihadists carrying out terror attacks in ‘an attempt to regain the narrative, boost morale,’ analysts say
By Samer al-Atrush
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a meeting at the Plaza Hotel on September 19, 2016 in New York. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)
April 1, 2017, 8:18 am
Trump’s White House looks to reset ties with Egypt
US president to meet with ‘fantastic guy’ Sissi on Monday, strengthening relationship with key ally that suffered under Obama
By Samer al-Atrush
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak speaks during an address to the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Congress Center.May 18, 2008. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
March 24, 2017, 2:32 pm
Mubarak, symbol of dashed hopes, goes free
In light of chaos since 2011 revolution, many Egyptians now look fondly upon rule of former strongman
By Samer al-Atrush
Illustrative: An Islamic State terrorist waves the jihadist organization's flag (CC BY-SA Alatele fr, Flickr)
November 10, 2016, 6:48 pm
Islamist extremists revel in Trump triumph
IS supporters view president-elect’s anti-Muslim rhetoric as opportunity to ‘enlarge the field of jihad’
By Samer al-Atrush
A man walks past a currency exchange shop displaying a giant US dollars banknote in downtown Cairo on November 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
November 6, 2016, 6:45 am
Arabs view US election with indifference or loathing
Trump seen as hostile to Muslims, unpredictable, while some blame former secretary of state Clinton for regional problems
By Samer al-Atrush
An Egyptian Salafi in El-Saf village, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, January 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
September 17, 2016, 11:12 am
Sunni Islam riven anew by ancient dispute
Clerics provoke outrage after issuing statement defining Sunni theology as Ashaari and Maturidi, while not mentioning Salafis
By Samer al-Atrush
Families of passengers who were on board an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo wait outside the Cairo international airport, May 19, 2016. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
May 20, 2016, 2:48 am
Egypt: Terrorism more likely than malfunction in jet’s disappearance
Egypt and Greece scour the Mediterranean Sea for remnants of Flight 804, which went missing with 66 people aboard
By Samer al-Atrush and John Hadoulis
Families of passengers who were flying on board an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside a services hall at Cairo international airport on May 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI)
May 19, 2016, 10:34 pm
Wreckage of crashed EgyptAir plane found in Mediterranean
Netanyahu sends condolences to Sissi as investigators probe whether Paris-Cairo flight carrying 66 people was downed by bomb
By Samer al-Atrush and John Hadoulis
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (R) and his French counterpart Francois Hollande hold a press conference at the al-Qubaa palace in Cairo on April 17, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
April 18, 2016, 1:03 am
In Cairo, Hollande says human rights important in fight against terror
Meeting between French leader, Egyptian president overshadowed by claims of rights abuses; our region ‘is very turbulent,’ says Sissi
By Sabine Wibaux and Samer al-Atrush
An Egyptian protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against a controversial deal to hand two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia on April 15, 2016 outside the Journalists' Syndicate in central Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
April 15, 2016, 10:27 pm
Egypt sees largest anti-regime demonstration in 2 years
More than 1,000 rally in Cairo to protest government’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia
By Samer al-Atrush
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