An Egyptian doctor once close to Osama bin Laden is bringing together multiple al-Qaeda-inspired militant groups in Egypt’s Sinai to fight the country’s military, as the lawless peninsula emerges as a new theater for jihad, according to Egyptian intelligence and security officials. There have been other signs of a dangerous shift in the
Egypt’s Interior Ministry will give police officers bonuses totaling 245m EGP ($35) for dispersing protest sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adawiyah and Nahda Square on Aug. 14, reported Al-Masry al-Youm. The newspaper reported that 30m EGP ($4.3m) would be distributed among the Cairo and Giza security directorates, the public security sector, the National Security Agency
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members to life imprisonment on Tuesday for acts of violence targeting the Egyptian army in the port city of Suez last month. Five-year jail terms were handed out to 45 other MB members, but eight of the defendants were acquitted of charges. The Islamists were accused
Egypt military helicopters killed 8 militants and wounded 15 others in intensive air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula, said security forces. The strikes hit four Islamist positions south of Rafah and targeted militants using the Rafah area as a hideout. The operation began at around 9:00 AM (0700 GMT). At least four helicopters were
The Egyptian interior minister survived an assassination attempt on Thursday morning, when a remote-controlled bomb targeted his convoy in Cairo’s Nasr city. The attack killed at least two people and left 10 wounded, security officials said. {youtube}ms5TFYu9Ml4{/youtube} The minister, Mohammad Ibrahim, told reporters the attack marked the start of “a new wave of
Failure to take military action against Syria would send a dangerous signal to Iran, North Korea and other U.S. foes, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. “Iran is hoping you look the other way,” Kerry said. “Our inaction would surely give them (Iran) a permission slip for
At least 49 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in series of car blasts mostly in Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad on Tuesday, medical and security sources said. The explosions hit a number of civilian’s shops, markets and mosques and are the deadliest attacks in the nationwide unfolding violence, AFP reported. No group
Egypt is prepared to repay within days $2 billion that Qatar deposited with Egypt’s central bank in May if talks to convert the funds into bonds do not succeed, a central bank official said on Wednesday. “This supposedly should be moved to a three-year bond, and still they have not finished it,”
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Sweden Wednesday for a two-day visit likely to revolve around Syria, despite the host nation’s effort to draw attention to a broader agenda. Obama stepped off Air Force One at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport fresh from efforts in Washington to secure bipartisan support for military strikes against Syria to
A state of emergency was declared at the Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday night, after a truck driven by a Palestinian Authority Arab man broke an entry barrier on the highway leading to the airport. The truck continued to speed and only stopped after security forces fired at it. The Arab driver and
