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Egypt
Security forces reportedly thwarted a suicide bombing attack at a security site in North Sinai. A court announced that Hamas was banned from carrying out activities in Egypt. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus transporting security personnel in North Sinai.
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Egypt
Egypt tightens grip on mosques to curb Islamist dissent
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Egypt
The Interior Ministry said it arrested members of a terror cell in Beheira that was targeting security personnel and civilians. Officials began a new push to convince foreigners that Egypt is safe to visit. A police sergeant was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Beni Suef. In Giza, gunmen killed at least one policeman and wounded another. Attacks targeting security personnel were reported in Mansoura and Aswan. The army said 21 militants were arrested in North Sinai and nine others in Minya.
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Egypt
Security sources said they are concerned Ansar Jerusalem is planning new attacks. Prime Minister Mahlab said security will be the top priority for his government. The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 13 members of a suspected terror cell in Alexandria. Authorities reportedly arrested the owner of a workshop that produced weapons for militants in North Sinai.
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Egypt
Authorities arrested three people on suspicion of forming a terror cell in Sharkiya. The government swore in a new cabinet. The army spokesman said operations in North Sinai resulted in the death of 10 militants and arrest of 11 others. The son of former president Mohammed Morsi was arrested over drug charges.
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Egypt
Unidentified gunmen killed a policeman who was part of the security team guarding the judge in one of Mohammed Morsi’s trials. Security forces reportedly closed all roads leading to Rafah as Palestinians protested on the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing. At least one person was killed and two injured during clashes in Alexandria.
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Egypt
Security forces reportedly arrested those behind the recent shooting death of a national security officer in Sharkiya. The army spokesman said one militant was killed and 11 others arrested during operations in North Sinai. Authorities arrested seven people suspected of inciting violence on Facebook against security personnel.
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Egypt
A court sentenced 26 people to death for forming a terror group that sought to launch attacks against the Suez Canal. Army chief Abdel Fattah el Sisi is expected to stay on as defense minister in the new Cabinet. State TV said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim will keep his position. In March, a court will announce whether Hamas is a terror organization in Egypt. Egyptian military helicopters struck a number of targets south of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai.
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Sinai gas pipeline struck for 4th time in 2014
Since February 2011, Sinai gas pipelines have been struck at least 20 times, according to a tally maintained by The Long War Journal. Ansar Jerusalem has claimed responsibility for nearly all of these attacks.
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Egypt
The army spokesman said 16 militants were arrested during operations in North Sinai. A military officer was wounded in a shooting attack by gunmen in Sharkiya. Border Guards detained five Muslim Brotherhood members who were reportedly fleeing to Sudan. Egypt’s newly designated prime minister said his government would work to “crush terrorism” throughout the country. Unidentified gunmen blew up a gas pipeline in North Sinai.
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Egypt
The army spokesman said operations in North Sinai over the weekend had resulted in the death of 14 militants and the arrest of 23 others. The spokesman also said an Ansar Jerusalem member was killed during a firefight with forces. Prime Minister Beblawi announced that the current Egyptian cabinet had resigned. A court upheld the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. A policeman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Sharqiya.
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Egypt
A security officer was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Sharkiya. Military sources said 10 militants were killed in the latest air strikes in North Sinai. Former President Mohammed Morsi said the court trying him and other Brotherhood members lacks the necessary authority.
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Egypt
Israel efforts at thwarting the Sinai terrorism threat
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Egypt
Egyptian helicopters carried out a number of airstrikes in North Sinai. Security sources claimed to have arrested one of the Ansar Jerusalem members responsible for the Jan. 25 downing of a helicopter with a SAM. Security officials also said five Islamist militants were killed and 36 others arrested in operations in North Sinai. Five Egyptians deported from Madagascar were detained on charges of belonging to al Qaeda.
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Ansar Jerusalem
Militants turning to violence in Egypt; groups use Facebook to threaten police
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Egypt
New photos of the Nasr City terror cell were published by the Egyptian media. Officials claimed that senior members of Ansar Jerusalem were killed in North Sinai airstrikes. Security sources said three people tied to the Taba tourist bus bombing have been arrested. Gunmen carried out three separate shooting attacks in the Sharkiya area in the past 24 hours.
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New photos of Nasr City cell members published
Members of the Nasr City cell proudly display their loyalty to al Qaeda as they await trial in Egypt. The cell has multiple ties to al Qaeda. And one of its leaders, Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, trained some of the fighters who participated in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Coach blast knocks back Egypt’s tourism recovery
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Egyptian officials believe Ansar Jerusalem members killed in Sinai airstrikes
Egyptian officials believe that “senior members” of Ansar Jerusalem were killed in recent airstrikes in North Sinai. Independent confirmation of the results of Egyptian military operations in North Sinai is almost impossible to come by.
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Ansar Jerusalem
A return to the 1990s for Egypt?
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Egypt
The army carried out extensive bombing campaigns in North Sinai reportedly targeting Ansar Jerusalem fighters. A military source admitted that Egyptian authorities do not know the identity of most Ansar Jerusalem members. A court hearing for those suspected of killing more than 20 Egyptian policemen in August 2013 took place.
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Egypt
An IED attack in North Sinai wounded at least four security personnel. Security personnel were also targeted by unidentified gunmen in a shooting attack in Rafah. The trial for the Nasr City Cell was postponed until Feb. 25. Authorities charged two Israelis and two Egyptians with espionage. A Cairo court postponed making a decision on whether Hamas is a terrorist organization. An army source claimed that Sinai jihadists are currently “breathing their last breath.”
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Egypt border police on alert after tour bus bombing
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Ansar Jerusalem claims tourist bus bombing in Egypt’s Sinai
“This comes within our assault in the economic war on this traitorous agent regime,” Ansar Jerusalem said in its latest statement. The attack in Taba is at least the fourth since September 2013 in which Ansar Jerusalem has used a suicide bomber.
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Suspected Egyptian militants raise stakes in insurgency
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Egypt
Sinai blast puts hold on Korean Christian pilgrimage
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Egypt
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus in Taba yesterday. The army spokesman said security forces have destroyed 1,275 smuggling tunnels in the Rafah area in recent months. He also said security forces had killed three Islamist militants in North Sinai.
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Egypt
At least three people were killed when an explosion struck a tourist bus in the town of Taba in the Sinai. The cause of the attack, which has thus far gone unclaimed, has yet to be determined. Following the attack, cars traveling from South Sinai to North Sinai were searched by security forces.
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Egypt
Who let the jihadis out?
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Tourist bus targeted in latest Sinai attack, at least 3 killed
The exact cause of the explosion has yet to be determined, and the attack has thus far gone unclaimed. After the attack, authorities closed the Taba border crossing between Israel and Egypt.
