Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi confirmed for the first time on Feb. 24 that “terrorism” was the cause of the Oct. 31 crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 224 people. “Has terrorism ended? No… Whoever downed that plane, what did he want? Just to hit tourism? No. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Intercepted calls between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula and the terror group’s leaders in Syria included discussions on the downing of a Russian plane, U.S. intelligence officials said. A U.S. intelligence official told NBC News that a message that was transmitted before the crash of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The remains of victims from the Russian commercial airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31 suggest an on-board explosion, according to reports on Nov. 2. “The large number of separate body fragments could indicate that a strong explosion occurred onboard before the aircraft hit the ground,” and Egyptian medical […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has concluded that Hamas, aided by Iran and Syria, was perfecting underground warfare using tunneling technology developed by North Korea. A report by a leading Israeli think tank asserted that Hamas was employing a doctrine developed by Iran with North Korean assistance in its latest war with Israel. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Egypt’s leading insurgency network has intensified operations in the Sinai Peninsula, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Ansar Beit Maqdis launched an offensive against Egypt’s military and security forces in Sinai. In a report, the Israeli think tank said the offensive was facilitated by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has claimed killing the leading operatives of Ansar Beit Maqdis. Officials said a major security operation in the Suez province killed at least seven top fighters of Ansar. They said a joint raid by the Egyptian Army and police targeted an Ansar stronghold in Mount Galala near the Suez […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline has again been bombed. Egyptian sources said unidentified attackers blew up the Arab Gas Pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula on Aug. 7. The sources said this marked the eighth attack on the pipeline in 2014. The bombing was said to have taken place near Sheik Zweid, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Egypt has blocked an Islamist insurgency strike on Israel. The Palestinian news agency Maan said the Egyptian Army killed a would-be suicide bomber who tried to infiltrate an Israel Army base along the Egyptian border. Maan quoted Egyptian military sources as saying that the bomber was killed by Egyptian troops […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the capture of Soviet-origin rockets from the Gaza Strip. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency said several BM-21 Grad surface-to-surface rockets were intercepted as they were being smuggled to the Gaza Strip. MENA said the shipment consisted of 20 rockets and launchers, meant to be transported in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has been battling Al Qaida-aligned insurgents near the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency reported heavy fighting between the Egyptian Army and unidentified Islamist insurgents in the Sinai Peninsula. The agency said at least eight insurgents were killed and dozens of others were arrested near Sheik […]