Special to WorldTribune.com The United States has relocated more than 100 soldiers in Egypt after multiple attacks on their Sinai camp by jihadists affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The Pentagon said the troops, part of the Multinational Force of Observers (MFO), were transferred about 300 miles south to a more secure […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Egypt is suspected in an April 19 rocket attack that killed three Egyptian security personnel. Egypt’s Interior Ministry said a police vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by jihadists in the north Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid. Three riot policemen were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A mortar attack launched by an affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) killed 15 Egyptian policemen at a North Sinai checkpoint on March 19. The attack, which occurred in El-Arish, killed two police captains, a first lieutenant and 12 conscripts, an Egyptian Interior Ministry statement said on March 20. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt reported its forces killed 30 jihadists in a raid on the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) affiliate in North Sinai on Jan. 14. Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Mohamed Samir said Egyptian forces launched air strikes on Sinai Province targets near the city of Sheikh Zuweid after security forces gained […]
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 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for a bombing on Nov. 24 that killed five people at a hotel in al-Arish in northern Sinai where election judges were staying. Egypt’s Health Ministry reported five dead and 17 wounded in the attack by ISIL affiliate Sinai Province. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s military has killed 24 terrorists of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security forces carried out the operation against the Sinai Province jihadists as they hid in a cave in the mountains, according to a report by Reuters. Officials said eight terrorists were arrested […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A top operative of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Sinai was killed on Nov. 8 in a firefight in Cairo. Egyptian security officials reported that Ashraf Ali Hassanein Gharabali was killed after engaging in a gunfight with police who tried to arrest him in Cario’s El-Marg district. One […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi on Oct. 28 extended a state of emergency in Northern Sinai by three months amid reports the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has continued to converge in the area from surrounding states. Sisi’s order comes as Cairo’s military continues counter-insurgency operations against jihadists who, since […]