A military helicopter crashed in Al-Shallaq near Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai Saturday morning, leaving the crew unharmed.
Eyewitnesses said the helicopter was hit by an RPG, which caused it to catch on fire.
The military spokesman's office said (...)
Unidentified armed men attacked a police officer's family on Wednesday in Sinai, killing his wife and putting him in a critical condition.
Officer Ahmed Al-Mahdy, 30, and his family were going out to vote in the constitutional referendum, when the (...)
Three teachers were injured on the Arish-Rafah Road on their way to Al-Arish, after unknown assailants opened fire on a military tank escorting the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle and his assistant were also injured.
The vehicle was transporting (...)
A suicide bomber killed four soldiers and injured five in an explosion in Al-Rayessa checkpoint on Thursday. The checkpoint was attacked more than 40 times since 25 January 2011.
A security source said that a car stopped at the checkpoint, and (...)
Armed militants launched attacks on military checkpoints Sunday morning in the cities of Al-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid in the North Sinai governorate.
Attacks were launched on Al-Arish's third police station, along with the city's Central Security (...)
The Federation of Journalists and Correspondents in Northern Sinai organised a protest Tuesday afternoon in solidarity with detained journalist Ahmed Abu Deraa. Abu Daraa works as a North Sinai correspondent with both Al-Masry Al-Youm and ON TV.
A (...)
An improvised explosive device (IED) placed by militants along the International Al-Arish-Sheikh Zuweid Road went off Monday morning near a troop convoy leaving a Central Security base located in Rafah. Nine were injured as a result of the attack, (...)
A joint military campaign led by police and army forces continued on Friday, as militants were pursued in southern Sheikh Zuweid and eastern Rafah in the province of Northern Sinai, in the villages of Al-Jura, Al-Mugata, Al-Zahir, Al-Tuma, (...)
A joint operation led by the police and army continued on Sunday night for the second day of organised strikes against Sinai militants. Security forces combed the villages of Abu Lafita, Al-Garia, Al-Mahadia, Al-Tuma and Al-Muqata in southern Sheikh (...)
A security forces officer and two soldiers were killed Saturday night, after militants placed an improvised explosive device (IED) near military vehicles in Sheikh Zuweid, close to where security forces had been conducting military operations (...)
Police and armed forces launched on Saturday the largest and most violent military operation yet seen in the Sinai Peninsula against militant locations in southern Sheikh Zuweid and western Rafah. Ground forces, which raided a number of houses (...)
North Sinai experienced a fresh wave of attacks targeting military and police resulting in the deaths of 2 policemen and injuring nine.
Two buses were transporting Central Security Forces recruits to a central security sector building and one bus (...)
Unknown assailants attempted to assassinate Eissa Al-Kharafin, 68, a previous member of the People's Assembly representing the city of Rafah, and prominent figure within the North Sinai Al-Ramilat tribe.
Security sources and eye witnesses stated (...)
Forces from Egypt's Second Field Army aided by Apache helicopters and in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior attacked Tuesday morning a number of militant strongholds in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. Three militant hideouts were attacked in (...)
Recent claims made by news outlets that those responsible for the Rafah massacre, which left 26 soldiers dead, had been arrested are false, according to security sources within Northern Sinai.
These sources rejected claims made by a number of news (...)
Armed assailants launched a number of attacks Sunday night against state security headquarters and checkpoints in the cities of Al-Arish and Rafah in north Sinai.
A security source in borth Sinai said assailants fired rocket propelled grenades at a (...)
Clashes erupted again in Sinai after a brief period of calm, with security sources successfully preventing armed assailants from launching attacks on security checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid.
Unknown assailants driving SUVs launched an attack at dawn (...)
The "hatred oppression and tyranny" of the police and armed forces and their "heinous crimes against Muslims" are unforgiveable, the Salafi Jihadist Organisation of Sinai said in a recent statement.
Appearing on a number of Jihadist websites, the (...)
Armed militants attacked the Al-Ahly bank with intense gunfire in Al-Arish in North Sinai on Monday, leading to the death of security officer.
Security forces exchanged gunfire with the militants for more than half an hour.
A security source (...)
Armed assailants attacked a number of security force headquarters and checkpoints in the cities of Al-Arish and Al-Hassana in Central Sinai, resulting in the death of one soldier, with five others sustaining injuries.
Assailants fired RPG's at the (...)
Violent and bloody clashes lasted for more than eight hours on Friday between armed militants and security forces near the Fire and Civil Protection building in Al-Arish, North Sinai.
Assailants used a number of light and mid-sized weapons, (...)
After 48 hours of calm in North Sinai, armed assailants attacked a number of security force headquarters and facilities in Al-Arish, using missiles and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
An anonymous security source said militants attacked state (...)
Unknown gunmen opened fire on Abdel Hamid Selma, a former Shura Council MP and member of the dissolved National Democratic Party, killing him in Al-Arish on Wednesday.
The Al-Fawakhria tribal elder was shot with automatic weapons, according to (...)
Armed assailants attacked two separate security headquarters Sunday night in Al-Arish in North Sinai, resulting in the injury of two police officers. The attacks, launched simultaneously, were coordinated to take place during iftar. The targets (...)
Armed militants launched a series of attacks in Sheikh Zuweid Friday night using RPG's, exchanging fire with security forces. North Sinai Security forces also located an improvised explosive device (IED) within the vicinity of the Sheikh Zuweid (...)