Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has identified and raided insurgency strongholds in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Army, backed by the Central Security Forces, stormed several suspected Al Qaida-aligned strongholds in northern Sinai. They said 21 alleged fighters were captured in military operations on March 26. “Some of them escaped from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian military has been rocked by the first insurgency interception of an attack aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula. Military sources said insurgents linked to Al Qaida shot down a U.S.-origin AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The Apache was destroyed during a flight in northern Sinai on Jan. 25 and all […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the killing of another Al Qaida commander in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army and Central Security Forces killed a commander of Ansar Beit Maqdis in northeastern Sinai. The officials identified the target as Silmi Misbah, believed responsible for recruitment and training for Ansar. “Egyptian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has killed an Al Qaida-aligned leader in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. The military said Army units killed a jihad commander in the northern Sinai village of Hurra on Nov. 26. The commander was identified as Mohammed Muhareb, known as Abu Munir, accused of planning numerous attacks on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian intelligence community has determined that Al Qaida has sent scores of operatives to conduct bombings and assassinations in an effort to undermine the new military-backed regime in Cairo, officials said. On Nov. 20, at least 11 Egyptian Army soldiers were killed and 35 others injured in a car bombing near […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army continues to sustain attacks near the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. On Oct. 22, at least two Army officers were killed and 12 soldiers injured in a bombing outside Rafah, a city divided between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Officials said suspected Palestinian insurgents detonated a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian military has launched one of the largest air and ground strikes on suspected insurgency strongholds in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the military coordinated a major air and ground operation in northern Sinai. They said the operation included such U.S.-origin assets as the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has intensified operations in eastern Sinai. Officials said the Egyptian Army has killed close to 100 suspected insurgents in operations in Sinai. They said more than 200 people, many of them foreign nationals, were arrested on charges of joining the Al Qaida-aligned revolt in the peninsula. “We must […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has deployed its U.S.-origin Apache attack helicopter fleet to track and destroy suspected insurgency strongholds in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the Egyptian Air Force has deployed up to a dozen AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in Sinai in mid-2013. They said the Apache fleet patrols the skies […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Israel, in an unprecedented move, is said to have launched an air strike on Al Qaida fighters in Egypt. Egyptian sources said the Israel Air Force sent a combat unmanned aerial vehicle into the Sinai Peninsula. They said the UAV fired air-to-ground rockets that killed five suspected Al Qaida attackers […]