Egypt says security forces kill 11 militants in Sinai
Egypt’s official news agency says security forces killed at least 11 suspected militants in a shootout in the northern Sinai Peninsula. MENA quoted an unnamed…
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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. The…
Leader of Daesh-linked group reportedly killed in Sinai
The leader of Egypt’s “Welayat Sinai” (“Province of Sinai”) militant group — which is said to have sworn allegiance to Daesh — was killed on…
Israel accuses World Vision aid worker of funding Hamas
Israel has accused a representative of the US-based Christian relief group World Vision of funnelling millions of dollars in aid money to Hamas fighters in…
ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition
The battle to recapture Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has gathered momentum, with thousands of government-linked forces encircling the strategic…
Egypt says it has killed the head of ISIL’s Sinai branch
An Egyptian air strike has killed the head of ISIL’s local branch along with top aides and dozens of other militants, the army said on…
Recent spate of violence against Egypt’s Christians goes largely unpunished
Violence against Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian minority, one of the largest and oldest groups of Christians in the Middle East, has escalated at an alarming…
Egypt’s Fattah el-Sisi celebrates toppling of Morsi
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has celebrated the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first democratically-elected president by ordering a lavish military display in the capital…