Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported another insurgency network that targeted the nation’s capital. Officials said security agencies were targeting the so-called Helwan Brigades, believed linked to the ousted Muslim Brotherhood. They said Helwan was operating around the sprawling southern Cairo neighborhood. “They appear to have the support of much larger terrorist networks,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported a Muslim Brotherhood plot against the military-backed regime. Officials said the Brotherhood worked with insurgency groups in plans to assassinate the Egyptian leadership. The officials said virtually every major figure, including the president, defense minister and interior minister, were targeted. “We will not announce the rest of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the dismantling of three Al Qaida-aligned cells. Officials said security forces captured insurgency cells that targeted police officers. The officials said the cells included one aligned with Ajnad Misr, which emerged in January 2014. “Police efforts resulted in the arrests of terrorist elements of these cells, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the dismantling of three Al Qaida-aligned cells. Officials said security forces captured insurgency cells that targeted police officers. They said the cells included one aligned with Ajnad Misr, which emerged in January 2014. “Police efforts resulted in the arrests of terrorist elements of these cells, which targeted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has drafted a plan to secure elections from the Islamic revolt. Officials said the Interior Ministry has submitted a plan to secure polling stations during presidential elections in June. The officials said the plan called for coordination between the Egyptian Army, Central Security Forces and police. “The Egyptian people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has determined that Muslim Brotherhood fighters were receiving weapons and combat training in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Officials said the Egyptian intelligence community was tracing the flow of Brotherhood members to and from the Gaza Strip. The officials said the Brotherhood was granted at least two facilities in southern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The founder of the leading insurgency militia in Egypt has been killed. Ansar Beit Maqdis said one of its founders was killed in an explosion in the Sinai Peninsula on March 11. Ansar identified the casualty as Tawfiq Mohammed Fareej, who led major operations against the Egyptian Army. “We mourn […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com CAIRO — For the first time, Egypt has linked the Muslim Brotherhood to Al Qaida. Officials said the intelligence community has determined cooperation between the Brotherhood and Al Qaida. The officials said the Brotherhood was financing the Al Qaida-linked insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula as well as on the African mainland. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamist insurgents have assassinated a senior official responsible for the Egyptian crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian sources said a senior Interior Ministry official responsible for counter-insurgency policy has been assassinated. The sources identified the official as Col. Mohammed Mabrouk, shot outside his home in Cairo’s Nasser City on Nov. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has traced a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Security sources said the intelligence community has determined that the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip was harboring the No. 2 leader of the Brotherhood. The sources identified the fugitive as Mahmoud Ezzat, called the deputy […]