ABC News | 31 Egyptian Soldiers Are Killed as Militants Attack in Sinai New York Times EL ALAMEIN, Egypt — Two attacks on Egyptian military positions in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday killed at least 31 soldiers, according to security officials and the state news media. The first attack killed at least 28 soldiers, making it the ... Attacks in Egypt's Sinai kill 33 security personnel Egypt Declares Emergency in Northern Sinai Egypt: 29 killed as Sinai attacks target security forces |
The Guardian | New generation of archaeologists takes ancient Egypt into 21st century The Guardian Five years ago, if archaeologists digging up pharaonic ruins in Egypt found any human bones, they would usually throw them away. “Most Egyptian archaeological missions looked at human remains as garbage,” said Afaf Wahba, a young official at Egypt's ... |
Al-Arabiya | Sinai attacks kill at least 30 Egyptian soldiers Al-Arabiya Similar previous operations have been claimed by Egypt's most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqsis. Following the attacks Egypt National defiance Council, convened by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, declared a three-month state of emergency in ... |
Arab News | Egypt: At least 10 soldiers killed, dozens more wounded by car bomb at Sinai ... Jerusalem Post At least 25 soldiers were killed and dozens more were wounded by a car bomb that targeted a Sinai checkpoint near the border with the Gaza Strip. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the guard of honor upon arriving at ... Masked men burn two Saudi Arabia consulate cars in Egypt: sources Masked men burn Saudi consulate cars in Egypt - sources |
The Guardian | Israeli soldiers wounded in Egypt border attack The Guardian “Two soldiers were injured by fire directed at them from Egypt,” a statement from the Israeli military added, without identifying the attackers. The army said a female officer and a male soldier had been injured, both of whom were members of the ... Two IDF soldiers injured in cross-border shooting from Egypt Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Egypt border attack Missile, Fire From Egypt Wounds 2 Israeli Troops |
Sydney Morning Herald | Al Jazeera staff held for 300 days in Egypt Aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English journalists Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste are marking the 300th day since their arrest in Egypt. Greste and Fahmy received seven-year jail terms, while Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years, after they were accused ... Egypt flags release for jailed journalist Peter Greste: report |
Aljazeera.com | Dozens die in Sinai army checkpoint attack Aljazeera.com At least 26 soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army checkpoint in Egypt's North Sinai, state media has reported. The attack on Friday afternoon hit an army checkpoint at Karm al-Qawadeis, southwest of Sheikh Zuweid. Egyptian sources told Al ... |
New York Times | The Mirage of the 'New Egypt' New York Times This portrait of perfection, an ad introducing a “New Egypt: Peace, Prosperity & Growth,” was posted last month in Times Square. What, exactly, is the “New Egypt”? Three very different answers appeared on three different billboards over three recent weeks. Islamism in Egypt and beyond Egypt's Christians, attacked for supporting Sisi, patiently await payback (+video) Mubarak Nostalgia is the Winning Strategy in Egyptian Politics Right Now |
Bomb blast in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is deadliest attack on army in decades Washington Post CAIRO — More than two dozen Egyptian soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack at a military checkpoint in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Friday, marking one of the deadliest insurgent actions in the country in years, even as authorities have vowed to ... |
Attack on Egypt army post kills 26 TheNewsTribune.com EL-ARISH, Egypt — An assault on an army checkpoint in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday caused a large explosion and killed at least 26 troops, making it the deadliest single attack in decades on the military, which has been ... |