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By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has climbed to a whopping 305, according to official sources. Gunmen then opened fire on worshippers as they tried to flee. […]

24th Nov 2017

Egypt: 85 killed from bomb explosion in mosque after Friday prayers in Sinai

By Hussein al-Qabbani and Viola Fahmi CAIRO (AA): The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has risen to 85, according to official sources. “The number of people martyred in the Al-Arish terrorist incident has risen to […]

10th Jan 2017

Egypt: Truck-bomb kills 9 policemen in Sinai Peninsula

By Khaled al-Jayoushi CAIRO (AA): At least nine Egyptian policemen were killed Monday — and another ten injured — when a massive truck bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, according to a local security source. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on police following the explosion,” the source told Anadolu Agency, speaking […]

3rd Oct 2016

Egypt: Car bombing kills 3 in Sinai

By Khaled el-Geyoshi CAIRO (AA): A car bombing killed three civilians in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, according to a local security source. A bomb-laden government vehicle blew up in the northern Sinai city of Arish, the source told Anadolu Agency. “Three civilians were killed and three others injured in the bombing,” the […]

21st Mar 2016

Egypt: 15 Egyptian security personnel killed in Sinai attack

By Omar Azzam CAIRO (AA): The death toll from an attack on a police checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula — responsibility for which has been claimed by a Daesh affiliate — has risen to 15, Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said three police officers and 12 soldiers had been […]

13th Dec 2015

Egypt: Gunmen kill three Egyptian soldiers in N Sinai

CAIRO (AA) – Three Egyptian army soldiers were killed Saturday when unidentified assailants targeted a checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a security source told Anadolu Agency. The attack took place at al-Masoura checkpoint on a highway between Rafah and Arish. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack. Since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in a […]

1st Nov 2015

Egypt: 129 bodies recovered in Russian plane crash over Sinai

CAIRO (AA): A Russian passenger plane with more than 200 people aboard which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, have recovered 129 bodies, according to the Egyptian Prime Minister’s office. A Russian Airbus A-321 aircraft carrying a total of 224 people crashed in central Sinai, the office said in a statement. The crash has […]

2nd Jul 2015

Egypt: 70 troops killed in militant attacks in Sinai

[A picture taken from Gaza part of Rafah shows smke rising as Egyptian troops and militants in Rafah in North Sinai and Egypt’s eastern border with the Gaza strip on July 1, 2015. Photographer: Abed Rahim Khatib] By Mohamed Sabry Emam Muhammed CAIRO (AA): At least 70 Egyptian soldiers were killed Wednesday morning in a […]

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