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Egypt
A bomb exploded near Egyptian troops razing houses to create a buffer zone with Gaza, causing no casualties. Egyptian security officials claimed to have evidence of communication between the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis and the Islamic State. Thirty-four individuals accused of terrorism were referred to a military court on Saturday; 56 judges were suspended on Sunday for signing a statement supporting ousted president Morsi; also on Sunday, the religious endowment ministry announced it would fire any imam or mosque employee in Sinai who has knowledge of tunnels or weapons or “spread[s] radical thought.”
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Egypt
The Egyptian Army began demolishing homes to create a buffer zone against militants in the Sinai; the Army is also preparing for an operation to target “Sinai extremists.” The Egyptian government banned a pro-Morsi political group. The US embassy has warned Americans in Egypt of potential attacks by al Qaeda-affiliated groups after a recent threat posted on a jihadist web site.
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Egypt
Egypt has placed civilian infrastructure under the jurisdiction of the military in the wake of the Oct. 24 terrorist attack in the Sinai that killed 33 Egyptian security personnel. The army has intensified operations in the Sinai, killing four “suspected terrorists,” capturing 10, and deploying Apache attack helicopters to destroy 33 “terrorist hideouts,” according to Egyptian state media. The army ordered residents out of homes to create a 500-meter buffer zone to combat tunnels from Gaza. A senior Hamas leader denied Gazan involvement in the recent Sinai attack and said that “Hamas is ready to cooperate with Egypt regarding this…
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Egypt
The Egyptian military conducted airstrikes on suspected terrorists in north Sinai, killing six, wounding 11, and destroying “ammunition storehouses and several vehicles.” The operation was conducted in response to attacks that killed 33 Egyptian soldiers on Oct. 24. A senior Egyptian official has blamed the violence on Palestinian militants, and the country’s foreign minister is requesting “additional security support” from the international community.
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Egypt
An attack on an Egyptian Army post on the Sinai Peninsula has killed 25 and wounded 20. Multiple reports assert that it was the result of a suicide bombing, though one “top official” claimed that the location was hit with “a mortar round and rocket-propelled grenades,” causing a secondary explosion. Meanwhile, “at least four” masked men tossed molotov cocktails at two cars belonging to the Saudi consulate in Suez. Egyptian police have blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the attack.
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Egypt
The militant group Ajnad Misr, or Soldiers of Egypt, has claimed responsibility for the bombing at Cairo University on Oct. 22. Six police officers and five civilians were wounded in the attack.
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Egypt
Jihadists killed six Egyptian security personnel in an IED attack in Al Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. The attack took place in the same area where two policemen were killed in an ambush with RPGs three days ago.
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Egypt
The military claimed it killed Shehata Farhan, a senior leader in Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, or Ansar Jerusalem, during a raid in Rafah. The military also claimed it killed Mohamed Abu Shatiya, an Ansar Jerusalem military commander, also in Rafah last week.
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Australia
Who are the members of the coalition against ISIS?
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Iraq
Arab Leaders Attack Islamic State With Intel
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Egypt
Security forces arrested four men in Port Said suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State. The Sinai-based terrorist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) released a video showing three Egyptians being beheaded and a fourth being shot dead; the group had accused the men of serving as spies for Israel and Egypt.
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Egypt
US envoy Allen arrives in Iraq, to visit Jordan, Egypt, Turkey
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Egypt
Security sources claimed that the military has killed Mohamed Abu Shatiya, a field commander for Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis), during clashes south of Rafah. Two tonnes of explosives were seized by security forces from a nearby tunnel into Gaza. The terror group has released a video threatening to conduct attacks during Eid al-Adha, and mentioned the interior minister and his aides in particular.
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State Department designations target al Qaeda’s international network
Four of the al Qaeda operatives designated by the State Department have supported the jihad in Syria. One of them may be tied to a key leader in the so-called “Khorasan Group,” which was planning attacks in the West. A fifth al Qaeda veteran designated today was sent to Libya by Ayman al Zawahiri in 2011.
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Egypt
Egypt’s border with Libya and Sudan ripe for Islamic State expansion
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Egypt
A bomb detonated near the Foreign Ministry in Cairo, killing at least four people. Three bombs also exploded simultaneously in Tanta with a fourth bomb in Mahalla. Another bomb detonated on the Cairo-Zagazig railway. Sixteen detainees escaped Mahalla police station on Sept. 19 after setting a fire with clothes and blankets.
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Egypt
Arab States Lag in Media War Against Extremists
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Egypt
Egypt targets Brotherhood’s Al-Azhar bastion
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France
Who’s who in coalition to defeat Islamic State
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Egypt
Six policemen were killed and two more were wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on the way from Rafah to el Arish. A court sentenced 17 Muslim Brotherhood members to prison terms of up to five years for rioting, but acquitted five students, including the nephew of former president Mohamed Morsi.
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Egypt
The Army said it killed seven members of Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) during a shootout in the Sinai. A policeman was killed and several conscripts were injured in a clash with gunmen near a checkpoint on the Cairo-Suez road on Sept. 12. Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 14 others were sentenced to life in jail for murder and inciting violence. Egypt is among some 30 nations joining a coalition against the Islamic State, but will not send ground troops to the fight.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Brotherhood says leaders to quit Qatar haven
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Al Qaeda
ISIS may be eyeing up Egypt as its next target, experts say
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Islamic State
Arab Nations Vow Help to Fight ISIS ‘as Appropriate’
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Iraq
US wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign
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Egypt
Egypt calls for global anti-terror strategy
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Egypt
The decapitated body of a man was found in Sheikh Zuweid with a note purportedly from Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) accusing the victim of spying for Israel. A gunman opened fire on a policeman’s vehicle in Mansoura, killing his son. Mohammad al Beltagy, secretary-general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, was sentenced along with Islamist cleric Safwat Higazy to 20 years in prison for leading a terrorist organization and for kidnapping and torturing two Egyptian policemen. Security forces in Beheira arrested 18 Muslim Brotherhood members for conducting an unauthorized demonstration; they had reportedly sprayed offensive graffiti…
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
ISIS guides Egyptian militants, expanding its influence
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Under pressure, Sinai jihadists threaten more beheadings
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The Islamic State’s global reach
A closer look at recent developments in a number of countries should dispel any illusions that the Islamic State’s aspirations and activities are only regional.
