Jihadist bombs kill 10 Egyptian officers and soldiers in the Sinai

Jihadist bombs kill 10 Egyptian officers and soldiers in the Sinai

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2017 Three Egyptian military officers and seven soldiers were killed on March 23 during an operation against terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula. The security forces’ vehicles were hit by two improvised bombs during the operation, the military said, according to Reuters. Egyptian forces killed 15 jihadists and arrested seven others […]

Egypt’s military hit by major ISIL attack in the Sinai

Egypt’s military hit by major ISIL attack in the Sinai

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists used 4-wheel drive vehicles rigged with explosives to attack a North Sinai checkpoint on Nov. 24, killing at least 12 Egyptian soldiers. “A number of caliphate soldiers attacked a checkpoint belonging to the apostate Egyptian army in the Sabeel village, southwest […]

Egypt airstrike kills chief of ISIL’s Sinai affiliate

Egypt airstrike kills chief of ISIL’s Sinai affiliate

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 The “number one” leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Sinai affiliate was killed in an Egyptian airstrike, a spokesman for Egypt’s military said. Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in an operation south of the Egyptian coastal city of El-Arish that also killed more than 45 other […]

ISIL gunmen kill Coptic priest in N. Sinai for ‘combating Islam’

ISIL gunmen kill Coptic priest in N. Sinai for ‘combating Islam’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2016 A Coptic Christian priest was murdered on June 30 by a squad of gunmen from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Egyptian affiliate. The jihadist group said in a statement posted on social media that the gunmen from ISIL’s Sinai Province affiliate killed 46-year-old Raphael Moussa in the […]

ISIL mortar kills 15 Egyptian police at Sinai checkpoint

ISIL mortar kills 15 Egyptian police at Sinai checkpoint

Special to WorldTribune.com A mortar attack launched by an affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) killed 15 Egyptian policemen at a North Sinai checkpoint on March 19. The attack, which occurred in El-Arish, killed two police captains, a first lieutenant and 12 conscripts, an Egyptian Interior Ministry statement said on March 20. […]

Egypt kills more than 60 ‘Takfiri’, ISIL jihadists in Sinai

Egypt kills more than 60 ‘Takfiri’, ISIL jihadists in Sinai

Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt has intensified its effort to quell the terrorist threat in the Sinai Peninsula, killing more than 60 jihadists in the past two weeks. On Jan. 3, an operation that included attack helicopters, fighter jets and ground forces killed at least 25 terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) […]