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12 Feb 2018

Egypt anti-jihadist sweep kills 28 militants

A major operation against jihadists in Egypt has killed 28 fighters in the Sinai Peninsula since it was launched by the military on Friday, the army said on Monday.

26 Dec 2017

Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources

The hangings took place at two prisons in the north of the country early on Tuesday, the sources said.

28 Nov 2017

Egypt police kill 11 suspected `terrorists` in shootout: Ministry

Militants carried out a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in Rawda village in North Sinai province on Friday, killing 305 people.

28 Nov 2017

Deadly mosque attack puts Egypt Sinai strategy in spotlight

More than 300 people were killed in Friday`s bomb and gun assault -- the deadliest in the country`s recent history.

25 Nov 2017

Mosque attack: Islamic State group`s Egypt branch main suspect

The Islamic State group`s Egypt branch is the main suspect in Friday`s massacre at a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula.

16 Nov 2017

Egyptian army says 3 militants killed, 74 arrested in Sinai

Egypt's armed forces say they have killed three "high-level" suspected militants and arrested 74 others in sweeps in the troubled northern Sinai Peninsula in recent days.

21 Oct 2017

Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 killed: Sources

At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in the western desert, three security sources said.

22 Jun 2017

Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months

The state of emergency, which would have expired at the end of June, has been extended by three months, cabinet statement showed, meaning it will now last at least until the end of September.

Egyptian soldiers

23 Mar 2017

Ten Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai roadside bombings

Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula.

11 Feb 2017

Islamic State group executes five Egyptians accused of aiding army

The Islamic State group in Egypt claims to have executed five men it accused of working for the army, which is battling the jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula.

15 Dec 2016

Egypt executes convicted jihadist Adel Habara

Egyptian authorities today executed a jihadist convicted of involvement in a 2013 gun attack on police in the Sinai Peninsula, state media reported.

17 Oct 2016

Egypt launches 'revenge' airstrikes on ISIS in Sinai

The Egyptian military has launched airstrikes on "terrorist positions" in the Sinai Peninsula after a dozen of its soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on a military checkpoint earlier on Friday.

14 Oct 2016

Militants kill 12 military personnel in Egypt's Sinai

Suspected Islamic State gunmen killed 12 members of Egypt`s military in North Sinai province and wounded six more in an attack on a checkpoint on Friday, the military said, adding that it killed 15 militants in return.

05 Aug 2016

ISIS leader, 45 militants killed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

The army in a statement said that head of the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis movement, identified as Abu Duaa al-Ansari, and a number of his aides were killed in airstrikes .

04 Aug 2016

Egypt air strike kills Islamic State head of Sinai: Army

An Egyptian air strike killed the head of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula along with top aides and dozens of other jihadists, the Army said on Thursday.

12 Apr 2016

Pentagon wants drones to replace some US troops in Sinai

The Pentagon wants to cut the number of US peacekeeping troops in Egypt`s Sinai Peninsula, partly because of the growing threat from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday.

19 Mar 2016

13 Egypt policemen killed in Sinai attack claimed by ISIS

A mortar attack on a checkpoint in Egypt`s restive Sinai Peninsula killed 13 policemen on Saturday, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Egyptian President

24 Feb 2016

Egyptian President admits terrorists hit Russian plane

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi on Wednesday admitted that a Russian passenger plane was downed by terrorists to harm the country's tourism industry and its ties with Russia, months after he dismissed ISIS' claims that the terror group hit the jet killing all 224 people aboard.

19 Nov 2015

Bomb hidden in soda can brought down Russian plane in Egypt, says Islamic State

The Islamic State group has said it smuggled a bomb on board a Russian airliner.

Egyptian officials

15 Nov 2015

Egypt police kill 15 Sudanese migrants at Israel border

The officials say police opened fire on the migrants today after they ignored warning shots and sprinted toward the fence.

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