An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death 37 defendants, including one of the country’s most high-profile militants, following their ...
Ten members of Egypt's security forces were killed by bombs which struck their vehicles in central Sinai, a military spokesman said on Thursday, ...
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Two from Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Islamist group were killed in an operation south of Sheikh Zuweid town in Sinai
Islamic militants blow up a natural gas pipeline outside el-Arish in Egypt
The fighting on Monday near the town of Sheikh Zuweyid pitted troops against Ansar Beit al-Maqdis
Sisi said Egypt was confronting the 'strongest secret organization in the world,' a reference to the Brotherhood
It was not immediately clear who had killed the two men
The police officers had been guarding branches of two foreign banks
The two militants were members of the militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis
The militants ‘opened fire’ after security forces raided a farm where they were hiding and preparing bombs
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said on its official Twitter account late Sunday that it killed William Henderson
Possibly the biggest challenge facing the Egyptian government since it took over is the long overdue economic reforms
It was not clear whether it was a rocket fired by an army helicopter or an errant mortar bomb from insurgents
Group promises further attacks against security forces and said it was speaking directly to Sisi
The blast came during a nighttime curfew ordered since a suicide attack that killed 30 soldiers in a Sinai zone bordering Gaza
Ansar is waging an insurgency against the government that has killed hundreds of security personnel in the Sinai Peninsula
The written statement pledging loyalty, which carried the logo of the Egyptian militant group, had been removed by Tuesday morning
Egyptian officials say departing residents will be compensated for their lost homes
In Egypt, a “war on terror” means that dissent at large is problematic
The ruling was the first death sentence handed down against members of the Sinai-based faction
The men came under attack late Thursday while they were driving along a northern Sinai highway
Egypt says Shehata Farhan was implicated in operations targeting security forces and was killed during a raid in Rafah
Four leading members of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis were arrested
Local residents found the body on the side of a road in Sheikh Zuweid, near North Sinai’s provincial capital of El-Arish
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis orchestrated a string of attacks to avenge a government crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi
In recent weeks, the Islamist group started showing notable signs that it might be interested in expanding its influence in Egypt
An Egypt daily said ISIS cells were reported in Sinai while Reuters said Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis was receiving instructions from the former group
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis accuse the four of providing Israel with intelligence for an airstrike that killed three of its fighters
The Egyptian army announced early Friday that it has bombed a weapon storage facility belonging to the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group in Sinai, ...
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