Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Egypt’s military is said to have drafted plans to attack the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. On Oct. 2, the Palestinian news agency Maan reported from Egypt that the military had formulated a plan for an invasion of the Gaza Strip. Maan, financed by the European Union, said the Egyptian plan identified […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has been battling Islamist fighters along the border with the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian Army deployed hundreds of soldiers, backed by security forces, around the divided city of Rafah. Palestinian sources said Egyptian AH-64 attack helicopters fired air-to-ground missiles along the 14-kilometer border with the Gaza Strip. On […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the seizure of air defense systems in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army confiscated shoulder-fired air defense systems in northern Sinai. They identified the systems as the Russian-origin SA-7, captured near the Sinai border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. “Ten surface-to-air missiles were confiscated […]
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 regime has again been struck hard in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said Islamist fighters believed aided by the Hamas regime ambushed police vehicles in eastern Sinai near the border with the Gaza Strip. The officials said at least 25 police officers were killed in the rocket-propelled grenade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Egypt and Israel have launched a secret campaign to eliminate the insurgency presence in the divided city of Rafah. Military sources said Egypt and Israel were coordinating operations against hundreds of insurgents in Rafah, divided between the Sinai Peninsula and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The sources said Cairo and […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported another counter-insurgency offensive in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said Army units, backed by attack helicopters and main battle tanks, were storming suspected Al Qaida-aligned strongholds in northeastern Sinai. The officials said the Army, in what was dubbed “Operation Desert Storm,” was making extensive use of the U.S.-origin […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army plans to send two infantry battalions to the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi has approved the deployment of an additional two Army battalions to protect strategic interests in Sinai. The officials said the deployment of the battalions, or about 1,000 soldiers, […]