Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has quietly established a presence in Egypt’s turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said ISIL has sent scores of operatives to Sinai to bolster the Islamic revolt in the peninsula. They said ISIL was helping Ansar Beit Maqdis, deemed the largest Islamic rebel militia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has been constructing a security barrier in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the military has directed the building of a wall in northeastern Sinai to prevent attacks by Al Qaida-aligned insurgents. The officials said the barrier would surround the provincial capital of North Sinai, El Arish, a key […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported an intensification of the counter-insurgency campaign in the Sinai Peninsula. The Egyptian military has significantly expanded operations against the Al Qaida-aligned insurgency presence in Sinai. Security sources said scores of suspected insurgency strongholds have been raided this month. “These are joint operations of the military and security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Hamas regime has been using Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as a weapons stockpile, a report said. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs determined that the Islamist regime in the Gaza Strip was operating in Sinai. In a report by retired senior U.S. officers, the institute said Sinai has also […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the discovery of another surface-to-air missile cache in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army and security forces found several SAMs buried near the northern Sinai provincial capital of El Arish. They said at least four Russian-origin anti-aircraft missiles as well as other munitions were seized […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has provided figures on the insurgency presence in the Sinai Peninsula. For the first time, the Egyptian government released figures and details of the insurgency presence in Sinai. The government said Sinai contains 1,600 fighters from Egypt and other countries. “Their numbers are close to 1,600 people, from different […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led monitoring force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been increasingly hampered by an Al Qaida-aligned insurgency threat, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that the Multinational Force and Observers were coming under constant attack by Bedouin militias linked to Al Qaida and the Hamas […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has reported thefts of weapons and advanced equipment. Military sources said the Israel Army has reported numerous break-ins at bases around the country in 2012. They said thieves, believed to be Arab criminals, were stealing weapons and advanced equipment. “The closer the bases are to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian government, amid opposition by Bedouins and environmentalists, has reaffirmed its nuclear energy program. On Jan. 13, an estimated 3,000 Bedouins and environmentalists stormed Dabaa, located along the western Mediterranean coast. Officials said the government has estimated damage at the reactor construction site at $80 million. Prime Minister Kamal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In an unprecedented operation, Al Qaida abducted Chinese nationals in Egypt in an attempt to win the release of an Islamist insurgency commander. [China said on Feb. 1 that the abducted workers have been released, state media reported. China’s Xinhua news agency quoted the Chinese embassy in Egypt in its […]