Recent News Headlines : Sinai Province
EIGHT POLICE KILLED IN ATTACK IN NORTH SINAI
The militant group staging the insurgency in Sinai pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014 and adopted the name Sinai Province... READ MORE›
EGYPT TO HOLD MASS TRIAL OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS
Campaign groups say torture and mistreatment is widespread in Egyptian prisons, and many convictions are based on false confessions... READ MORE›
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BOMBS KILL TWO IN SINAI PENINSULA
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›
IS AFFILIATE IN EGYPT CLAIMS ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAEL
Sinai Province, a group affiliated with Islamic State, says it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula... READ MORE›
SISI WARNS OF RESPONSE AFTER ISLAMIC STATE KILLS 21 EGYPTIANS IN LIBYA
CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYA Egypt, the most populous Arab state, has not taken part directly in the U... READ MORE›
A DOZEN EGYPTIAN TROOPS KILLED IN CHECKPOINT ATTACK
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›
EGYPT SECURITY FORCES ACCIDENTALLY KILL MEXICAN TOURISTS
The incident resulted in the deaths of 12 people and the injury of 10 people from among the Mexicans and the Egyptians the statement said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK IN EGYPT'S NORTH SINAI KILLS MORE THAN 100
Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate Sinai Province claimed responsibility and said that it had attacked more than 15 security sites and carried out three suicide bombings... READ MORE›
BLAST AT ITALIAN CONSULATE IN CAIRO KILLS AT LEAST 1
The statement did not say why the Italian Consulate had been targeted... READ MORE›
BOMB BY ISLAMIC STATE LIKELY CAUSED RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH
Bomb by Islamic State likely caused Russian plane crash security sources... READ MORE›
BRITISH FORCES HELPING RESCUE STRANDED BRITONS AS UK AND US SUSPECTS THAT BOMB WAS PLANTED BY ISLAMIC STATE
The ministry said only a few dozen French citizens are currently in Sharm el-Sheikh... READ MORE›
ATTACKS SHOW EVOLUTION IN ISIS TARGETS OFFICIALS SAY
A Belgian counterintelligence official said the Islamic State operated cells like Mr. Abaaoud's based on language ties, such as a francophone group... READ MORE›
ISIS ALLY IN EGYPT EMERGES AS KEY SUSPECT IN RUSSIAN JET CRASH
And the Sinai Province released online an Islamic State-like video of its militants beheading a kidnapped Croatian employee of a French energy company... READ MORE›
HOW CAIRO IS TAKING THE FIGHT TO SINAI MILITANTS
Sources in Israel declined to comment on Ansar or the tunnels, but said relations with Egypt over unrest in Sinai were better than under Mursi... READ MORE›
EGYPT 'KILLS HEAD OF ISLAMIC STATE'S SINAI BRANCH'
Sinai Province is Egypt's most active insurgent group and has been linked to deadly attacks in Sinai and Cairo... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S SISI CUTS SHORT ETHIOPIA VISIT AFTER 30 KILLED IN SINAI
A daily news broadcast released via Islamic State Twitter feeds said Thursday's attacks had been led by men of the Islamic State ... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S FIGHTBACK AGAINST ISIS BEGINS AS OPERATIVE IS KILLED BY POLICE IN CAIRO
In December 2013, he was appointed as head of the new official Russian government owned international news agency Rossiya Segodnya Russia Today ... READ MORE›
EGYPT MILITANT GROUP SAYS IT KILLED U.S. OIL WORKER
The group later pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and changed its name to Sinai Province on its Twitter feed, Reuters said... READ MORE›
CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN SINAI FACE ISIS THREAT, BRIEFING NOTE SAYS
The MFO has been present in the Sinai for nearly four decades, since the Camp David accords brought about peace between Egypt and Israel... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL AT LEAST 12 TOURISTS AND LOCAL GUIDES
The Egyptian interior ministry issued a statement saying that while police were pursuing terrorist elements they accidentally shot at a tourist convoy international media has reported... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR FLIGHT MS804: WHAT WE KNOW
An EgyptAir Airbus A320 flying overnight from Paris to Cairo crashed into the eastern Mediterranean Sea early on Thursday 19 May... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE AFFILIATE THREATENS TO KILL CROATIAN MAN KIDNAPPED IN EGYPT
Militant group Sinai Province posts video online saying Tomislav Salopek will be killed within 48 hours if a??Muslim womena?? jailed in Egypt are not freed... READ MORE›
THE ISLAMIC STATE CELEBRATED THE RUSSIAN JET CRASH WITH FREE CANDY
It's still unclear whether the Islamic State had any involvement in the case of the Russian jetliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai province this week... READ MORE›
EGYPT LAUNCHES AIR STRIKES ON GROUP LINKED TO ISIS
Sisi now Egypt's elected president says the pro-Isis Sinai Province and other militant factions pose an existential threat to Egypt other Arab states and the west... READ MORE›
ISIL LOYALISTS THREATENS TO KILL CROATIAN HOSTAGE IN 48 HOURS IN NEW VIDEO
The threat from Sinai Province threatened to torpedo the exultant pro-government fanfare dominating Egypt's state and private media ahead tomorrow's inauguration of the New Suez Canal... READ MORE›
CANADIAN EMBASSY IN CAIRO CLOSED DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS
Egypt is battling an Islamist insurgency largely centered around the Sinai Peninsula, a strategic area near the border with Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE'S EGYPTIAN ALLY SAYS IT BEHEADS CROAT
Islamic State's Egyptian ally says it beheads Croat SITE... READ MORE›
METROJET FLIGHT 9268: NOISE HEARD ON COCKPIT RECORDING JUST BEFORE CRASH
An Egyptian man puts flowers near debris at the crash site of a Russian airliner in al-Hasanah area at El Arish city, north Egypt... READ MORE›
EGYPTA??S UPHEAVAL HAS TRANSFORMED MUCH OF THE SINAI INTO A NO-GO ZONE
CAIRO - Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was long known for its stunning desert treks and pristine diving... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE EGYPT AFFILIATE THREATEN TO KILL CROATIAN HOSTAGE IN 48 HOURS
Ardiseis Egypt acknowledges that he is the hostage appearing on the video released today by the Sinai Province of Islamic State, the company said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SAYS IT LAUNCHED ROCKET ATTACK ON EGYPT NAVY VESSEL
Reuters could not verify the militants version of events... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN CRASH SHOWS THE USEFULNESS OF MASS SURVEILLANCE ANALYSTS SAY
However, the intelligence services' claims should be approached with caution, according to Shashank Joshi, senior research fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute... READ MORE›
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DEADLY TRUCK-BOMB ATTACK HITS SINAI'S EL-ARISH
The Sinai Peninsula borders Israel and Palestine's Gaza Strip... READ MORE›
EGYPT: SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL SHOT DEAD IN CAIRO
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›
FAMILIES IN ANGUISH OVER FATE OF MISSING HAMAS FIGHTERS
READ MORE Egypt's human rights groups decry forced disappearances The crisis has fuelled tensions between Hamas, that rules the besieged Gaza Strip, and the Egyptian regime... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR MECHANIC SUSPECTED IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH
The official said state security traced the family connections of all the employees and they were cleared... READ MORE›
EGYPT SAYS MILITANTS KILLED TOP PROSECUTOR
After the removal of Mr. Morsi, the government outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, killed hundreds of its supporters at a demonstration in Cairo and jailed thousands more... READ MORE›
TURKEY ABOUT TO CONCLUDE A DEAL WITH ISRAEL ON 'ALL ISSUES'
Turkey about to conclude a deal with Israel on 'all issues' Turkish official... READ MORE›
MEMBER OF ISIS EXECUTION GROUP IS SAID TO BE IDENTIFIED
He was part of the group nicknamed the Beatles, led by the Islamic State's most infamous executioner, Mohammed Emwazi, better known as Jihadi John... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR MECHANIC SUSPECTED IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH
The official said state security traced the family connections of all the employees and they were cleared... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR MECHANIC SUSPECTED IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH
EgyptAir mechanic suspected of putting Islamic State bomb on Russian plane, sources say... READ MORE›
EGYPT PLANE CRASH: RUSSIA SAYS JET WAS BOMBED IN TERROR ATTACK
Egypt denied reports that two employees at Sharm el-Sheikh airport had been arrested in connection with the bombing... READ MORE›
RUSSIA BANS EGYPT AIR FLIGHTS FROM LANDING IN MOSCOW AFTER SINAI PLANE CRASH
The Metrojet Airbus A321 was bringing holidaymakers home from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh... READ MORE›
AVIATION OFFICIAL: RUSSIAN JET DISINTEGRATED IN MID-AIR
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›