Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has deployed a major military force near southern Israel. Egyptian sources said the Egyptian 3rd Army has deployed a battalion-size force in the Sinai Peninsula near Israel. They said the force, estimated at 400, was located outside the Egyptian resort of Taba. “There is an alert of another terrorist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida’s leading militia in Egypt has warned foreigners against visiting the Arab state. Ansar Beit Al Maqdis said it would target the tourism industry, the largest earner of hard currency in Egypt. Ansar, in its first such attack, took responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed three South Koreans […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has been targeting tourists in Egypt’s turbulent Sinai Peninsula. On Feb. 16, at least four people were killed in an attack on a tourist bus in southeastern Sinai. Officials said a roadside bomb was detonated and killed three South Korean tourists and the Egyptian bus driver. “I am […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has warned of an imminent attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau, part of the prime minister’s office, said that Palestinian insurgency groups were planning an attack on Israelis in Sinai. The bureau called on the estimated 3,000 Israelis in Sinai to leave immediately. “Based on information in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In an unprecedented operation, Al Qaida abducted Chinese nationals in Egypt in an attempt to win the release of an Islamist insurgency commander. [China said on Feb. 1 that the abducted workers have been released, state media reported. China’s Xinhua news agency quoted the Chinese embassy in Egypt in its […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Bedouin insurgents linked to Al Qaida have been targeting the tourist industry in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Bedouin gunmen have been attacking resorts in the southern Sinai as part of the community’s growing revolt against the central government in Cairo. On Jan. 22, Bedouins stormed the Aqua Sun resort some 30 […]