Tag: attack

Tanks are transported into North Sinai near the border between Egypt and Gaza
EgyptPolitics

Army operation provokes barrage of questions

Evidence of the attackers comes to light as the army reinforces troops…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Egyptian custom officials check passports and identity cards as travellers wait on Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing point on 10 August (AFP PHOTO/STR)
EgyptPolitics

Rafah crossing closed again

Government closes Rafah border, Military equipment moved to Sinai, following last week's…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Business

Sinai attacks prompt government to invest in development of peninsula

By Ibrahim El-Masry   Measures will be taken within days to increase…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt
Television anchor and Al-Youm Al-Sabei chief-editor Khaled Salah DNE archive
EgyptPolitics

Attacks on Media Production City

Khaled Salah accusing Freedom and Justice party of inciting protesters against Media…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Protester holds a sign at the funeral of the soldiers killed in the Sinai, which literally reads ‘The blood of the martyrs is on the necks of Hamas and the Brotherhood’ blaming the deaths of the soldiers on Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood organizations.(Photo by Hassan Ibrahim)
EgyptPolitics

Mourners at military funeral throw shoes at PM, President absent

In a crowded funeral, midday Tuesday, Egyptians honored the security men who…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 06, 2012. AFP PHOTO/AHMED MAHMOUD
EgyptPolitics

SCAF vows to avenge the killing of its soldiers

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces announces the details of the Rafah…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Israeli soldiers inspect a burnt armoured vehicle near the Kerem Shalom border crossing after unidentified gunmen crossed into Israel from Egypt on 6 August. The number plate reads 'Border Guards Forces' AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH
EgyptPolitics

National state of mourning announced for Sinai dead

President and armed forces vow swift justice for culprits

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (2nd L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd R) speak to the press next to a burnt armoured vehicle near the Kerem Shalom border crossing after unidentified gunmen crossed into Israel from Egypt on 6 August AFP PHOTO / DAVID BUIMOVITCH
EgyptPolitics

Israel and Hamas react to Sinai attack

IDF spokesman: the militants killed were in the "advanced and final stages…

Ahmed Khalifa Ahmed Khalifa
The Sinai region is both a destination for tourism and a contentious security zone between Egypt, Israel and Gaza (file photo: AFP)
EgyptPolitics

18 Soldiers dead at a security check point – Sheikh Zuwaid

Anonymous gunmen attack security checkpoint at Sheik Zuwaid, killing 18 Egyptian soldiers.

Fady Salah Fady Salah
Onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide bombing in the restive southern province of Abyan on 5 August. The suicide attack blamed on Al-Qaeda in Jaar, one of a string of towns in Abyan province that were retaken by government troops in June after being held by Al-Qaeda loyalists for more than a year, killed 45 people, local officials said, as residents voiced fears that a lack of security personnel on the ground will allow the jihadists to return AFP PHOTO / STR
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Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen

This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemen’s security

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez