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ISIL Executes Five Egyptians It Accused of Aiding Army

ISIL terrorist group claims to have executed five men allegedly accused of assisting the Egyptian army which is battling the Takfiri group in the country’s restive Sinai Province. In a series of photos released on the messaging application of Telegram, five men introduced as army “elements” are seen lying face ...

February 11, 2017

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Egyptian Army Kills 14 Militants in Central Sinai Raid

Egyptian soldiers killed 14 militants and arrested ten others in a raid in central Sinai, the military said Monday. The operation over the past five days destroyed three car bombs and 100 other explosive devices and seized weapons, communication devices and military clothing, the army spokesman added. Sinai Province, the ...

February 6, 2017

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Five Egyptian Policemen Killed in Sinai Attack

At least five Egyptian policemen were killed on Sunday after terrorists opened fire on their vehicle in the central Sinai Peninsula, security officials said. Gunmen stopped the police vehicle, attacked the officers and then fled the scene. Takfiris in Egypt have killed hundreds of soldiers and police since the military ...

January 23, 2017

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

Egypt Working for Libya Political Solution: FM

Egypt is working for a political solution to fighting in neighboring Libya, its foreign minister said Saturday ahead of regional talks on the conflict. “A political solution is the only way to resolve the crisis in Libya,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. He was speaking ahead of talks with ...

January 21, 2017

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Eight Killed in Attack on Police Checkpoint in Egypt’s Western Desert

At least eight policemen were killed and three wounded in an attack by extremist militants on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. State television said the attack took place at around 8.15 p.m. in the Naqb checkpoint more ...

January 17, 2017

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Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the verdict, saying the government had failed to provide evidence that the islands were originally Saudi.

Egypt Court Upholds Ruling Halting Transfer of Islands to Saudi Arabia

A top Egyptian court has upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The High Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the government against a lower court’s decision to stop it handing over Tiran and Sanafir. Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the ...

January 16, 2017

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Egypt Court Freezes Assets of Two More NGOs

An Egyptian court froze the assets of two NGOs and their founders on Wednesday, in a controversial probe into civil society groups that has been criticised by the United Nations. The court is investigating civil society groups on suspicion of receiving illegal foreign funding. Wednesday’s decision comes months after an ...

January 11, 2017

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ISIL claims deadly attack on Egypt police in Sinai

ISIL terrorist group said Tuesday that it was behind the car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed eight people a day earlier. The group’s Egyptian branch, Sinai Province, said in a statement that “soldiers of the caliphate” had staged the assault on the checkpoint ...

January 10, 2017

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Truck Bomb Kills 8 Police in Egypt’s Sinai

A truck bomb attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eight policemen on Monday, officials and state media said. Police officials said a suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into the checkpoint in the north Sinai city of El-Arish and gunmen then ...

January 9, 2017

Middle East

Egypt begins handing over MS804 crash victims’ remains

Egyptian authorities on Saturday started handing the remains of those killed in the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 to their families, the airline said. The Airbus A320 had been flying from Paris to Cairo on May 19 when it crashed into the southeast Mediterranean killing all 66 on board, including ...

December 31, 2016