The Sinai Tarabin Bedouin Dose ISIS with Its Own Medicine
Tarabin, the most important Bedouin tribe in Sinai, has declared total war on the Islamic State’s local affiliate. This local
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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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Egyptian Army Officer Deserters Orchestrated the Russian Airliner Disaster
On Nov. 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin solemnly vowed to punish those responsible for the downing of a Russian airliner
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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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Al Qaeda-led Salafis hit three Egyptian Sinai bases, down Egyptian chopper
Salafi Bedouin and al Qaeda bands Sunday, Sept 16, expanded their Sinai offensive to three Egyptian bases along a 70-kilometer
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At least 4 casualties in Al Qaeda attack on US-led Sinai peacekeeping mission
Unconfirmed reports of at least four peacekeepers hurt when scores of Salafi Bedouin linked to al Qaeda stormed the Multinational Force’s camp
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Al Qaeda Salafists target kibbutz and IDF post on second day of strikes
Kibbutz Kholit opposite the Egyptian-Gazan-Israeli border junction and an IDF post in the Kissufim border area further north were selected
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Growing in Sinai, a New Brand of Islamist Bedouin Terrorism
For many years now, going back to the days of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s security strongman Field Marshal Muhamed Tantawi,
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Morsi axes military, intelligence chiefs over Sinai security breakdown
Heads rolled in Cairo Wednesday, Aug. 8, when Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in conjunction with military council chief Field Marshall
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