Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported sending special operations forces into the turbulent Sinai Peninsula, regarded by Israel as a launching pad for rocket strikes. The Egyptian Interior Ministry said at least 200 officers would be deployed in northern Sinai in wake of the latest rocket attacks on Isarel. On April 7, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to the rest of the Middle East has again been bombed. Officials said the bombing of the Arab Gas Pipeline took place in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on late March 5. Officials said gas supplies to neighboring Israel and Jordan were severed after the attack in northern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has captured a stockpile of bombs in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the bombs were produced by Palestinian insurgents in the northern Sinai capital of El Arish. They said the insurgents were linked to Hamas’ military wing, Izzedin Kassam, which operates in northeastern Sinai. “These bombs were smuggled into […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported another explosion at the Arab Gas Pipeline. Officials said the pipeline, which supplies Israel and Jordan with natural gas, was bombed on Nov. 25. They said the attack took place at the facility 60 kilometers west of the northern Sinai Peninsula provincial capital of El Arish. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to neighboring Israel and Jordan has again been attacked despite pledge to secure it. The Arab Gas Pipeline was blown up in the Sinai Peninsula on Nov. 10 in the sixth such attack in 2011. Security sources said at least two bombs were detonated by remote […]