CNN | Bloody ISIS campaign spills across region, into Egypt CNN Egyptian military spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Samir told CNN Thursday that the situation in the Sinai was now "100% under control." He also said that the Muslim Brotherhood -- banned as a terrorist organization in Egypt -- was "behind all of this.". ISIS Opens New Front in Egypt |
New York Times | Egypt, Stunned by Sinai Assault, Vows to Erase 'Terrorist Dens' New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's military killed 23 militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula early Thursday, a senior security official said, as the government sought to reassert control and eradicate what it called the area's “terrorist dens” after the largest ... Analysis: Egypt is losing its war against ISIS in Sinai Scores Killed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as Militants, Army Clash Egyptian army kills 35 militants in North Sinai: sources |
Egypt passes new budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, cutting budget deficit to 8 ... Minneapolis Star Tribune CAIRO — Egypt's president has approved a new budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, slashing the projected budget deficit to 8.9 percent of gross domestic product, the country's finance ministry said Thursday, in a move likely to please international ... |
Wall Street Journal | Egyptian President Wants Tougher Action on Terror Wall Street Journal CAIRO—President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi vowed to strengthen Egypt's antiterror laws on Tuesday after he presided over the funeral for the country's slain top prosecutor. The prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed by a car bomb near his motorcade on Monday, ... Egyptian president 'to change law to allow faster executions' Egypt's top prosecutor killed in explosion Cairo blast kills top prosecutor, raising fears about militant reach in Egypt |
Huffington Post | Despite Attacks, Egypt's Sisi Still on Top Huffington Post As anti-government violence escalates in Egypt, jihadists are mounting more brazen attacks. With simultaneous deadly strikes on several military outposts in Sinai and the assassination of Egypt's top public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, jihadists' want ... Egypt imposes gag order on investigation into prosecutor's assassination Egypt Passes Anti-Terror Law Hours after Sinai Attack Egypt to rename Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square after slain prosecutor |
Reuters UK | More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai Reuters UK The militants' assault, a significant escalation in violence in the peninsula that lies between Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal, was the second high-profile attack in Egypt this week. On Monday, a bomb killed the prosecutor-general in Cairo ... |
NDTV | Egypt Denies Spanish Reporter Claim He Fled to Avoid Arrest NDTV Ads by Google. –. Egypt Denies Spanish Reporter Claim He Fled to Avoid Arrest. Egypt on Thursday denied as "false" a claim by a Spanish reporter who said he fled the country to avoid arrest after writing a book on the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. |
MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt slides on security fears; Gulf mixed Reuters DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - Egyptian stocks fell on Thursday because of security worries after bloody clashes with militants in Sinai. Gulf markets were mixed as the Greek debt crisis and soft oil prices were offset by the bargain hunting of local retail ... |
Militants Stage Series Of Deadly Attacks In Egypt's Sinai Peninsula NPR A day after militants killed more than 50 Egyptian soldiers in the northern Sinai Peninsula, details on the attack are emerging and the government is launching a massive military response. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: One thing is clear about the fighting ... |
Aljazeera.com | Two years after military coup: How stable is Egypt? Aljazeera.com June 30 is a defining date in Egypt's troubled post-revolutionary transition. It was the date that Mohamed Morsi was inaugurated as president in 2012. And it was the same day, one year later, that millions of Egyptians took to the streets to demand his ... |