By World Tribune Staff on May 16, 2016 A full electric blackout is in effect in southern Gaza after the last power line from Egypt to Gaza was disconnected, reports say. Gaza’s electricity company announced that the two lines that fed electricity from Egypt to southern Gaza have now been completely disconnected by Egypt. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hamas has beefed up security at its border with Egypt in what is seen as an attempt to ease tensions with Cairo. “National security forces started today to increase the number of its troops and double the security bases along all the southern border with Egypt to be able to control the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt stepped up its counter-terrorism operation on March 25, launching airstrikes that killed 60 jihadists of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Egypt affiliate. Another 40 jihadists were injured as Egypt’s air force struck Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis (also known as Wilayat Sinai) targets near Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, reported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt has intensified its effort to quell the terrorist threat in the Sinai Peninsula, killing more than 60 jihadists in the past two weeks. On Jan. 3, an operation that included attack helicopters, fighter jets and ground forces killed at least 25 terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Weapons seized from Hamas were used by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Sinai affiliate to carry out a devastating attack on Egyptian security forces, according to a report on Dec. 7. Sources told Yediot Aharonot that Sinai Province, ISIL’s affiliate in Egypt, seized the weapons from a Hamas convoy. The jihadists had […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A senior Iranian official implicitly endorse a new “intifada” in Israel and called for a unified Islamic response. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Israel’s “systematic infringement of human rights, desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” and other assorted “evil acts,” were only possible because the Islamic world is busy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli officials have urged citizens to carry licensed weapons as a campaign of violence incited by political and religious leaders in the Palestinian territories has worsened. “Possessing weapons increases the confidence of residents, who know that in addition to police there are many people who are not afraid to intervene,” Jerusalem Mayor […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian security forces in a two-day span killed 56 jihadists of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in a “major military operation” in north Sinai. Egypt’s army said the operation against the Sinai Province terrorists was launched on Sept. 6 to “eliminate terrorist elements” around the towns of Rafah, Sheikh […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for a missile attack on an Egyptian coast guard ship. In a released statement, the ISIL affiliate, Sinai Province, said it fired a rocket at the vessel of the “apostasy army” off the Mediterranean coast on July 16. Egypt’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Officials said Hamas is reaching out to Egypt and Israel as it can no longer rely on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for much-needed funding. As icy relations between the two main Palestinian factions have not thawed, Hamas has struck out on its own seeking accommodation with unlikely powers. On […]