ISIS-Sinai Fights in Battalion Formation, Bolstered by Euphrates Valley Jihadists
The Islamic State’s latest attack on an Egyptian command convoy in northern Sinai on Sept.11, which killed 18 soldiers of
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Egypt Stays Aloof from US-Arab Coalition, Opts for Independent Sea-Air Arm
Barring a last-minute change, Egypt’s President Abdul-Fatteh El-Sisi will not attend the forthcoming Riyadh summit on May 22, or join
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ISIS Opens Its Next Front in Sinai and Gulf of Aqaba
In expectation of an imminent US-led offensive to take Raqqa, the Islamic State in the second half of March began
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With big gains in N. Sinai, ISIS drives south
Egyptian control of the vast Sinai Peninsula is slipping fast. After gaining virtual sway over the north and its main
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US: Fighting ISIS-Sinai Is Ineffectual without Holding Operations
A sophisticated multinational communication network that links ISIS operational HQ in Raqqa, Syria with its centers in the Sinai Peninsula
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Egyptian Army Beards ISIS in Sinai Mountain Strongholds
This week, the Egyptian military wound up a four-week offensive against remote Islamic State strongholds in central Sinai. The operation’s
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Saudi and Egyptian marines capture Iran-held island at Red Sea chokepoint
In a pivotal breakthrough in the Yemen civil war, Thursday, Dec. 11 the naval forces of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and
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ISIS infiltrates Egyptian special forces, joins with Hamas to occupy N. Sinai, liquidate Sisi
Islamic State affiliates in Sinai and Libya have banded together with the Palestinian Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip for the
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Sinai Bedouin: Ruthless Smugglers of Arms, Money, Fighters to ISIS – and Migrants to Europe
This is to introduce the Suwarka Bedouin tribe of northern Sinai, whose territory runs from the Israeli and Gaza Strip
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Egyptian army backed by Apaches kills 241 Islamists in broad area between Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah
An immense stretch of Sinai desert populated by half a million people is under siege, as the Egyptian army fights
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