Recent News Headlines : South Sinai - Egypt

EGYPT'S COPTIC CHRISTIANS FEAR NEW CATHEDRAL COULD BE TARGET FOR ISIS.


Egypt's new cathedral may be a big target for ISIS, Coptic Christians fear... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 29

ERDOGAN SNARES AN ANCIENT PORT ON THE RED SEA


Cairo feels that Erdogan's port in Sudan might awaken Khartoum's ambitions over the Halaib Triangle on the Red Sea... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 437

EGYPT'S PRES. SISI CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACK ON COPTIC CHURCH


Gunmen killed at least nine people including three police in an attack on a Coptic Christian church in Helwan city, southern Cairo on Friday... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 2

EGYPT: ISIL CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK ON CAIRO COPTIC CHURCH


The self-styled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday's gun attack in Egypt on a Coptic church near Cairo, without providing evidence... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 504

EGYPT HANDS EX-PRESIDENT MORSI THREE-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE FOR INSULTING JUDICIARY


A court in Cairo sentenced former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday after he was found guilty... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 65

MORSI GETS 3 YEARS IN JAIL FOR 'INSULTING JUDICIARY'


Egyptian court sentences ex-president Mohamed Morsi to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 2206

GUNMEN KILL MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT CHURCH NEAR CAIRO


The gunman killed at least nine people, including a policeman, at the church, according to Interior Ministry and Coptic Church accounts... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 3

EGYPT'S FORMER PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS' PRISON


An Egyptian court convicts former president Mohammed Morsi and 18 others of insulting the judiciary... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 35

FORMER EGYPT PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI FOUND GUILTY OF INSULTING JUDICIARY


The former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been given a three-year prison sentence and fined 2m Egyptian pounds ?83,000 after being found guilty of insulting the judiciary... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 86

CLASH OUTSIDE COPTIC CHURCH IN CAIRO LEAVES AT LEAST 9 DEAD


Clash outside Coptic church in Cairo leaves at least 9 dead... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 276

GUNMEN LAUNCH DEADLY ATTACK ON COPTIC CHURCH NEAR CAIRO


The Coptic church statement said a Christian-owned electronics shop in Helwan was also attacked before the church shootout, killing the brothers Romani and Attia Shaker... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 4556

GUNMAN KILLS 9 IN ATTACK ON CHURCH NEAR CAIRO


Nine were killed in total, including one policeman at the church, the ministry said... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 693

EGYPT: GUNMAN LAUNCHES DEADLY ATTACK ON MAR MINA CHURCH


At least 10 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on a Coptic church near the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 4560

ON DEFENSE HEARING DAY, EGYPT COURT ABRUPTLY CONVICTS BRITON OF SMUGGLING PAINKILLERS, HANDS HER THREE YEARS


An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted a British woman of smuggling hundreds of powerful painkillers into the country, sentencing her to three years in pri... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 0

EGYPT PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL CALLS FOR NEW ELECTION LAW


CAIRO AP -- An Egyptian presidential hopeful is proposing a new election law aimed at ensuring a free and transparent vote next year... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1

EGYPT HANGS 15 FOR SINAI PENINSULA VIOLENCE


ISIL-affiliated fighters have ramped up deadly attacks in Sinai in recent years, inflicting heavy losses on the Egyptian military as well as civilians... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1017

EGYPT WANTS WORLD BANK TO INTERVENE IN ETHIOPIA DAM IMPASSE


Ethiopia maintains that the Grand Renaissance Dam's construction will not reduce Egypt's share of the river... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 125

EGYPT WANTS WORLD BANK TO HELP ON ETHIOPIA DAM IMPASSE


Egypt wants World Bank to help on Ethiopia dam impasse... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 0

EGYPT'S UNLIKELIEST CHALLENGER TO STRONGMAN PRESIDENT


Khaled Ali Egypt's unlikeliest challenger to strongman president... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 346

EGYPT: NINE SINAI ATTACK SUSPECTS KILLED IN POLICE RAID


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

24th December, 2017 72

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT'S BACKERS SAY 12 MILLION WANT ABDEL-FATTAH EL-SISSI TO RUN FOR SECOND TERM


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

24th December, 2017 0

EGYPT FM TO HEAD TO ETHIOPIA AFTER NILE DAM TALKS STALL


Ethiopia says the Grand Renaissance Dam, which it hopes will help make it Africa's largest power exporter, will have no major effect on Egypt... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 0

COPTIC DIOCESE SAYS HUNDREDS ATTACK CHURCH IN EGYPT


The demonstrators chanted hostile slogans and called for the church's demolition, the diocese in Atfih said... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 873

TOP US AID RECIPIENTS IGNORED WHITE HOUSE THREAT ON UN VOTE


While Kenya skipped the General Assembly vote, Uganda and South Sudan African countries courted by Netanyahu also dropped their past support for the Palestinians and abstained... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 0

SUSPECTED CHOLERA CASES IN YEMEN HIT 1 MILLION


More than 8,750 people have been killed in Yemen since Saudi Arabia and its allies entered the conflict... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 0

AL JAZEERA'S MAHMOUD HUSSEIN DETAINED FOR ONE YEAR


He covered Egypt's 2011 revolution which toppled former President Hosni Mubarak and the events that followed, up until the closing of Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau in 2013... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 3092

AHMED KONSOWA JAILED AFTER LAUNCHING PRESIDENTIAL BID


Following his detention, Haykal told local media that the charges against Konsowa included violating military code and publishing a video in which he espoused political views... READ MORE

19th December, 2017 119

PENCE DELAYS TRIP TO EGYPT ISRAEL BECAUSE OF US TAX VOTE OFFICIALS


Pence delays trip to Egypt, Israel because of U.S. tax vote... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 155

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL APOLOGIZES TO ARRESTED SUPPORTERS


Egyptian presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafik apologized on Saturday to supporters who were arrested this week and called on authorities to resolve the situation... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 227

OUTDOOR LIBRARIES OFFER COMMUTERS IN CAIRO A WORLD OF BOOKS TO EXPLORE


Small cupboards filled with books have appeared on the bustling streets of downtown Cairo,Egypt offering entertainment and literature to book-loving commuters... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 97

Trending News Headlines : South Sinai

ATTACK AT SUFI MOSQUE KILLS 305


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

26th November, 2017 86786

EGYPTIAN WARPLANES STRIKE 'TERRORIST' TARGETS AFTER MOSQUE ATTACK KILLS 305


Scores more wounded when al-Rawdah mosque in north Sinai bombed and fleeing worshippers gunned down... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 26497

COPTIC POPE CANCELS PENCE MEETING OVER JERUSALEM


Egypt Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 20907

GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS


Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 13781

GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS


Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 11605

MILITANTS KILL MORE THAN 230 AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK


Hours after the attack, Egypt's military launched air strikes on targets in mountainous areas around Bir al-Abed, security sources and witnesses said... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 11571

EGYPT SINAI ATTACKERS 'CARRIED IS FLAGS'


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

26th November, 2017 4938

MORE THAN 60 ARRESTED AS EGYPT CRACKS DOWN ON GAY COMMUNITY


Hussein Malla AP The sweeps have unfolded as international human rights activists have denounced the Egyptian government and urged an end to the arrests... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 3785

LEBANESE PM SAAD HARIRI RESIGNS CITING IRANIAN MEDDLING


Saad Hariri has announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister and implicitly blamed Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, for his decision... READ MORE

4th November, 2017 3581

EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK: HUNDREDS KILLED, STATE MEDIA REPORT


Hundreds killed in Egypt mosque attack, state media reports... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 3541

IN EGYPT FURIOUS RETALIATION BUT FAILING STRATEGY IN SINAI


Foreign reporters and most Egyptian ones are not allowed into Sinai... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2648

'EXCEPTIONAL DAY': 2 ANCIENT TOMBS DISCOVERED IN EGYPTS LUXOR


ET Dec. 9, 2017 CLOSE Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt have discovered two small ancient tombs dating back about 3,500 years... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 2614

EGYPT RAISES DEATH TOLL IN SINAI MOSQUE ATTACK TO 305


Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 2469

ARAB NATIONS BLOCKADING QATAR EXPAND BLACKLIST


Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar since June, accuse Doha of supporting terrorism... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 2443

BAHRAIN FM CALLS ON ARAB NATIONS TO CONFRONT IRAN


'Blunt interference' In his opening remarks in Cairo, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, condemned Iranian activity in the region... READ MORE

19th November, 2017 2300

'IF YOU RAISED YOUR HEAD YOU GOT SHOT'


Egypt mosque death toll rises to 305, military carries out air strikes... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2299

EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK SURVIVOR: I HID UNDER DEAD BODIES


02 41 The al Rawdah Sufi mosque is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 2004

EGYPTIAN AIR STRIKE KILLS 'TERRORIST' MOSQUE ATTACKERS


However, mosques in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid town have also been hit... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1973

EGYPT SUFFERS WORST ATTACK AS 235 KILLED IN ASSAULT ON MOSQUE


Foreign media access to northern Sinai is restricted, but state television showed orange ambulances lined up and rescue workers tending to casualties on stretchers... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1839

DONALD TRUMP USES EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK THAT KILLED 235 TO PROMOTE BORDER WALL AND TRAVEL BAN


To protest President Donald Trump's Executive Order banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Yemen... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1822

EGYPT'S LATEST CRACKDOWN ON GAYS CREATES FEAR IN LGBT COMMUNITY


Egypt's latest crackdown on gays creates fear in LGBT community... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 1693

'BODIES PILED UP ON TOP OF ME'


Islamic militants stepped up their campaign of violence in northern Sinai after the military ousted the elected but divisive Morsi... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 1602

EGYPT EXTENDS AL JAZEERA'S MAHMOUD HUSSEIN'S JAIL TERM


Al Jazeera Media Network denies all allegations against Hussein and has demanded his immediate and unconditional release... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 1574

MILITANTS KILL HUNDREDS AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK


Bloodshed in the Sinai worsened after 2013 when Sisi led the overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 1524

SAAD HARIRI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AFTER CABINET MEETING


Prime Minister Saad Hariri has revoked his resignation after Lebanon's cabinet voted to affirm its disengagement from conflicts in the Arab world... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 1233

US POLICIES BEHIND PARTITION OF SUDAN & CURRENT MIDDLE EAST PROBLEMS - PRESIDENT


The Sudanese leader also touched on the Syrian issue, saying that crisis is also the result of American interference... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1146

CHRISTIAN LEADERS CONDEMN KILLING OF EGYPTIAN COPTIC PRIEST


Christian leaders have expressed alarm at the killing of a Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt's capital Cairo... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 1118

ATTACK ON MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S SINAI KILLS AT LEAST 235


Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt had been due to reopen on Saturday for three days... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1101

ISLAMIC STATESINAI PROVINCE: WHAT IS THE ISIS-AFFILIATED GROUP?


Islamic StateSinai Province What is the ISIS-linked terrorist group?... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1073

RIGHTS GROUPS BLAST EGYPT'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD


As Sisi arrives in Paris, groups urge France to leverage its clout with Egypt to address human rights abuses... READ MORE

23rd October, 2017 949


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