Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian warplanes conducted air strikes on affiliates of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in North Sinai on July 2. Security sources reported that 23 Sinai-based insurgents affiliated with ISIL were killed in the strikes. The sources said the jihadists who were killed had taken part in July 1 attacks in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Officials say at least 20 Egyptian security personnel were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in North Sinai on July 1 carried out by the Egypt affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The group known as Sinai Province claimed responsibility for the attacks on multiple military checkpoints in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s army has closed off more than 500 tunnels as President Abdul Fatah Sisi’s “comprehensive” crackdown on militancy continues in Sinai and on the border with the Gaza Strip. Military spokesman Gen. Mohammed Samir told state-owned al-Ahram newspaper on May 25 that 521 tunnels connecting Gaza to Egypt have been discovered since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has been assigned a leading role in securing presidential elections. Officials said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided to deploy Army, Navy and Air Force personnel to secure polling stations throughout Egypt on May 23-24. The officials said the military was assigned the mission in […]