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Egypt
Foreign Minister Fahmy said relations with the US were in turmoil. Three people were arrested after their plot to target a police station in Qalyubiya was thwarted. Dutch charter airline Transavia announced it has canceled flights to Sharm el Sheikh due to the threat of rocket fire from Islamist militants in the Sinai. Authorities destroyed a smuggling tunnel used to traffic people in and out of the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt
Officials said a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood was arrested over suspected links to the recent attack on a satellite station in Maadi, which has been claimed by the al Furqan Brigades. Security forces closed off a number of major squares to prevent protests by supporters of former president Morsi.
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Egypt
Laboratory of Violence: Egypt Struggles for Control of Sinai
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Egypt
Security forces clashed with Islamist militants in the Sinai after an attack on a police bus. Three security personnel were reportedly injured in the attack. Officials claimed an American being held in a jail for violating curfew in the Sinai had committed suicide. A military air crash left one dead and three injured in Luxor.
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Egypt
Militants attempting to plant an explosive device were killed when the device exploded prematurely. An army spokesman said operations against Islamist militants in the northern Sinai were continuing. Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri called on Egyptian Muslims “to unite around the word of Tawhid to rid Egypt of this criminal gang.” An Egyptian general alleged that the US was sending jihadists to the Sinai.
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Egypt
U.S. quietly observes coup law on Egypt aid, but shuns term
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Egypt
Egypt now fighting ‘an enemy it doesn’t know’ as attacks by militant cells rise
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Egypt
At least one person was killed during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and security forces in the Nile Delta province of Sharqia. Clashes also took place in the city of Alexandria, where protesters marked 100 days since the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi. At least six soldiers were wounded by IEDs in Rafah.
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Egypt
In Egypt, a campaign to promote an ‘Egyptian Islam’
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Egypt
A suicide bomber in the Sinai killed four security personnel at a checkpoint. The army claimed to have arrested those behind the Oct. 7 suicide bombing in South Sinai that was claimed by Ansar Jerusalem. The army also announced the seizure of drugs and weapons near the border with Libya. A foreign ministry spokesman said the US decision to cut off some aid to Egypt was “wrong.”
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Egypt
Some Egyptian Islamists on haj pray for victory against generals
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Egypt
Special Report: The real force behind Egypt’s ‘revolution of the state’
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Egypt
U.S. Allies Fret Over Shift on Aid to Egypt
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Egypt
Egyptians worry Sinai violence could spread
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Egypt
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on the South Sinai Security Directorate in el Tor. Interim President Adly Mansour provided authorization for the army to fully mobilize beginning in November. During a surpise visit to Sharm el Sheikh Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim criticized security forces at a checkpoint in Dahab. A military intelligence office in Rafah was targeted by an explosive device. Egyptian officials suggested they were caught off guard by reports that the US was reducing aid to Egypt.
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Egypt
Pakistanis of all faiths protect churches with human chains
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Ansar Jerusalem claims credit for suicide bombing of South Sinai Security Directorate
The Salafi jihadist group has claimed the Oct. 7 suicide attack against the South Sinai Security Directorate in el Tor, which is at least the second suicide bombing it has carried out.
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Ansar Jerusalem
In Egypt’s Sinai, military’s harsh campaign earns pledges of retaliation
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Egypt
The Army said operations “to cleanse the Sinai of terrorism” continue. Authorities seized weapon caches and arrested suspects linked to recent attacks in the Sinai. Gunmen killed a policeman in Port Said. Cameras may be installed at tourist sites to help deter attacks by Islamist militants. The interim government revoked the permit for the Muslim Brotherhood’s NGO. A security source said the attackers of a security building in El Tour had participated in Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins. The Interior Minister will soon name those behind the assassination attempt on him, which Ansar Jerusalem has claimed. Muslim Brotherhood supporters at Cairo University…
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Al Furqan Brigades claim attack on satellite station in Cairo
The group has previously taken responsibility for RPG attacks on ships in the Suez Canal as well as shooting attacks on “criminals” and “apostates.”
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Egypt
Dark Clouds Over the Sinai
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Egypt
At least two people were killed and over 40 injured after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a security building in the Sinai. Six security personnel were killed in an attack near the Suez Canal. RPGs struck communication satellite dishes in Cairo. The airport in Cairo was put into a state of emergency as a result of attacks throughout the country.
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Egypt
At least 28 people were killed in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters. In several separate incidents, seven people were killed in clashes between security forces and terrorists in the Sinai. Authorities arrested 25 people purportedly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood who were accused of possessing explosives at a metro station.
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Al Qaeda
Terrorism newest worry for cargo ships
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence
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Egypt
Ancient monastery closed to visitors amid Sinai unrest, but Bedouin neighbors protect it
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Sinai jihadists threaten to kill anyone found aiding Egypt’s security forces
Al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya threatened to kill anyone found aiding Egyptian security forces currently operating in the Sinai. The jihadist group also offered those aiding the security forces a chance to repent.
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Egypt
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with security forces and opponents. Two suspects believed to be behind the killing of two army conscripts near Ismailia were arrested. Some 100 Palestinians planning to travel to the Hajj were turned back by Egyptian authorities over security concerns. An army official claimed that authorities have destroyed 1,055 smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza since January 2011. Three terrorists were reportedly killed in separate incidents in the Sinai overnight. An army official reportedly contended that the Sinai ‘will be announced free of terrorism soon.’
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Egypt
Islamists called for renewed protests against the army on the anniversary of the 1973 war with Israel. A Muslim Brotherhood statement compared the army’s rule to that of Adolf Hitler. Authorities defused a bomb found near a gas station in Sharm el Sheikh. Security sources alleged that Egypt may target sites in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip if violence in the Sinai continues.
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Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood said it has no plans to backtrack on its call for the reinstatement of Mohammed Morsi as the country’s president. A member of Gama’a al Islamiyya was arrested in the possession of a shotgun and al Qaeda flag in Minya.
