In November 2017, at least 235 people were killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Bir al-Abed, a town in North Sinai province... READ MORE›
An image from a video released by the Islamic State's affiliate in the northern Sinai, distributed by the SITE Intelligence Group... READ MORE›
Egypt's interior ministry says police have shot dead nine people suspected of belonging to a cell behind deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula... READ MORE›
El-Sissi's 3 1 2 years in office have also seen an uptick in terror attacks by Islamic militants battling security forces in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula... READ MORE›
In July 2015, ISIL affiliates simultaneously attacked multiple security and military targets, killing at least 35 people in various parts of Sinai, including El Arish and Sheikh Zuweid... READ MORE›
Read more Christians flee Sinai Peninsula in fear of Egypt's Islamic State affiliate Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›
Nearly 1,000 Egyptian security personnel have died there since 2013... READ MORE›
It's unclear whether Egypt has any options left in the fight against Islamic militants... READ MORE›
AHMED HASSAN, EPA-EFE View of the Rawda mosque after a gun and bombing attack on Nov. 24, 2017... READ MORE›
Foreign reporters and most Egyptian ones are not allowed into Sinai... READ MORE›
Islamist militants who had found a safe haven in Sinai for attacks on Israel then turned their guns on the Egyptian armed forces... READ MORE›
Since at least 2016, Islamic State militants have targeted Sufis, who practice a mystical form of Islam that includes the veneration of saints, often at their tombs... READ MORE›
In an interview with an Islamic State magazine in January, one of the organization's top commanders in Sinai outlined his hatred for Sufism... READ MORE›
Egyptian security forces have been locked in battle with the country's Islamic State affiliate for several years... READ MORE›
But Sufism, often known as Islamic mysticism, has come under violent attack in recent years... READ MORE›
Since at least 2016, Islamic State militants have targeted Sufis, who practice a mystical form of Islam that includes the veneration of saints, often at their tombs... READ MORE›
But critics have called for a counterterrorism strategy in Sinai rather than the reliance on a conventional deployment of overwhelming force... READ MORE›
Egyptian officials investigating the massacre of worshippers at a mosque in Sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
However, mosques in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid town have also been hit... READ MORE›
Islamic StateSinai Province What is the ISIS-linked terrorist group?... READ MORE›
Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt had been due to reopen on Saturday for three days... READ MORE›
It will also reaffirm that the Sinai Peninsula is one of the deadliest places for terrorist attacks in the world... READ MORE›
In July 2005, bombings hit multiple sites including a hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, the biggest of Egypt's Sinai resorts, killing 88 people... READ MORE›
In July 2005, bombings hit multiple sites including a hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, the biggest of Egypt's Sinai resorts, killing 88 people... READ MORE›
A group calling itself Ansar al-Islam -- Supporters of Islam in Arabic -- claimed an October ambush in Egypt's Western Desert that killed at least 16 policemen... READ MORE›
The attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of Islam's mystical movement, in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd... READ MORE›
The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt... READ MORE›
The crash of Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people aboard on May 19... READ MORE›
It also comes after human rights groups accused the Egyptian military of killing up to 10 men in January in a staged counterterrorism raid in Sinai... READ MORE›
Egypt has for years been battling an armed movement in the rugged and thinly populated Sinai Peninsula... READ MORE›
Unfortunately, all passengers of flight 7K9268 Sharm el-Sheikh-Petersburg were killed, The Russian embassy in Cairo said, in Russian, on Twitter... READ MORE›
It is a term that most Arab states and many European governments use to refer to the Islamic State or ISIS... READ MORE›
In the video, we see executions of unarmed people by forces wearing military uniforms, he said... READ MORE›
Fighters in Egypt have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula, but such attacks on senior officers are rare... READ MORE›
Lavrov arrived in Cairo on Monday with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu for a joint meeting of the Russian and Egyptian foreign and defense ministers... READ MORE›
Egyptian militants, including the self-proclaimed Sinai Province of the Islamic State, have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in the 18 months since Mr. Sisi took power... READ MORE›
Related Stories Bomb attacks targeting the police and army in Egypt's restive Sinai peninsula have killed two people and wounded more than 30, officials say... READ MORE›
Before Egypt's 2011 Arab Spring uprising, about 5,000 Christians lived in northern Sinai, but the number has since dwindled to fewer than 1,000, say priests and residents... READ MORE›
Johnson, secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement... READ MORE›
El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, has been a site of regular conflict between government forces and ISIL fighters in recent months... READ MORE›
Egypt denied reports that two employees at Sharm el-Sheikh airport had been arrested in connection with the bombing... READ MORE›
As the continuing refugee crisis in Europe demonstrates, Israel is not alone in trying to deter refugees... READ MORE›
Trump's win, said Benaim, presented an opportunity for Egypt to change how it is perceived in Washington even before Sisi's arrival in the capital... READ MORE›
At least 12 members of Egypt's security forces have been killed and six wounded in an attack on a checkpoint in North Sinai province... READ MORE›
It would be the first time a suicide attack has targeted Hamas forces in Gaza, security sources said... READ MORE›
The communications were captured by Israeli intelligence focused on the Sinai, and passed along to the United States and Britain, the sources said... READ MORE›
In February, scores of Christian families and students fled North Sinai province after a spate of targeted killings... READ MORE›
On Saturday evening, Israel's prime minister tweeted his praise of President Trump's decision to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico... READ MORE›
There's significant evidence that a bomb brought down Russia's Metrojet Flight 9268 over the Sinai Peninsula last weekend, U.S... READ MORE›
The Russian plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula broke up in the air, a Russian aviation official said Sunday... READ MORE›
Christian leaders have expressed alarm at the killing of a Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt's capital Cairo... READ MORE›
The Sinai Peninsula borders Israel and Palestine's Gaza Strip... READ MORE›
The flight from the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg broke up over the Sinai peninsula... READ MORE›
The ministry said only a few dozen French citizens are currently in Sharm el-Sheikh... READ MORE›
The Egyptian army has taken control of Sharm el-Sheikh airport, imposing tight security measurements and forbidding journalists to enter the airport... READ MORE›
But the Egyptian interior ministry said security guards stationed at the Three Pyramids Hotel were the targets... READ MORE›
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