Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt will contract out its airport security and is expected to announce which security firm it has selected by the end of the month. Cairo is looking to revive its vital tourist industry after a Russian airliner was brought down by an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) bomb on Oct. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian government’s online campaign to lure tourists backfired after activists hijacked a Twitter hashtag and used it to highlight the struggles many Egyptians face in daily life. The tourism industry, a vital cog in Egypt’s economy, suffered a major setback after the crash of a Russian airliner on Oct. 31 in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Arab states are mostly “laying low” in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) for a few main reasons, analysts say. While several states are part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, others are dealing with ISIL jihadists in their own backyards. The U.S., UK, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Weapons seized from Hamas were used by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Sinai affiliate to carry out a devastating attack on Egyptian security forces, according to a report on Dec. 7. Sources told Yediot Aharonot that Sinai Province, ISIL’s affiliate in Egypt, seized the weapons from a Hamas convoy. The jihadists had […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt has destroyed 20 tunnels it recently discovered near the Gaza Strip border. The Egyptian army has destroyed a large number of the tunnels amid President Abdul Fatah Sisi’s crackdown on Hamas’s network of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Sinai. The tunnels have been used to smuggle arms to jihadists who have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip at Rafah on Dec. 3 for the first time in months even as the government placed its security forces on alert. Egyptian intelligence officials were said to be bracing for mass-casualty attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). preparations for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency recently stated that the intelligence community in the U.S. has a perfect record on identifying future threats: “We have never been right”. The one thing we know nothing about is the future. Nevertheless we have no choice but to try to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt is looking for an economic shot of adrenaline by offering to replace Turkish imports recently banned by Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov. 28 applied restrictions on trade and travel on Turkey in response to Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian Su-24 jet. Egyptian Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II on Nov. 26 departed for Israel and the first Coptic papal visit to Jerusalem since 1832. “The decision by Pope Tawadros to travel to Jerusalem at the head of a distinguished delegation of bishops to participate in the funeral of Archbishop Anba Abraham will create a huge […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Seven people were killed in a coordinated attack on a Sinai hotel by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Egypt. Egypt’s health ministry said on Nov. 25 that two election judges, four policeman and one civilian were killed on Nov. 24 in the attack on the Swiss Inn hotel […]