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Egypt
A court upheld death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and some 182 followers. Many of those sentenced were tried in absentia, and their sentences are invalidated if they surrender to authorities or are arrested, in which case retrial is ordered. The charges included sabotage, terrorism, and murder. The defense plans to appeal. Badie and 13 Muslim Brotherhood supporters also face a separate trial on murder and firearms charges. A bomb detonated on the international road in North Sinai.
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Ansar al Sharia
Ahmed Abu Khattala: Nabbed Benghazi suspect lived openly in city
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Egypt
At Swearing-In, Ex-General Vows ‘Inclusive’ Egypt
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Egypt
Sisi says no to reconciliation with Islamists
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Egypt
Three al-Jazeera journalists could be jailed for up to 15 years
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Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun
In well over a dozen countries, evidence has emerged that jihadists who trained or fought in Syria are engaging in terrorist activities in their home countries and elsewhere.
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Egypt
An alleged Muslim Brotherhood member was killed in Cairo when a bomb he was carrying to attack police exploded as he was riding a motorbike. Gunmen attacked security forces near the Sheikh Zuwaid Police Station in North Sinai but were repelled when security forces opened fire on them. A bomb exploded as a military convoy was passing by in North Sinai, but there were no casualties.
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Is Egypt winning war on terror in Sinai?
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Hamas
Hamas denies ISIS presence after Gaza jihadist killed in Syria
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Ansar Jerusalem denies death of shady figure, mocks Egyptian officials
Ansar Jerusalem says that, contrary to claims made by Egyptian security officials, Shadi el Menai has not been killed and is not the group’s leader. Ansar Jerusalem says the Egyptian government does not even know who the real leader of the group is.
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Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Israel-Egypt anti-terrorism cooperation at zenith
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Algeria
Tunisia in the Libyan tempest
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Egypt
Brotherhood leadership struggles to regroup in exile
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Shady Ansar Jerusalem leader reportedly killed in northern Sinai
There are reports that Shadi el Menai, a leader in near Ansar Jerusalem, has been killed in the northern Sinai. His death has not been confirmed. Indeed, little is known about el Menai’s precise role in Ansar Jerusalem.
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Egypt
A Cairo court labeled Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) as a terrorist group, and blamed it for a number of attacks on security officials, including one at Cairo University in April. Security officials claimed that Shadi el Manei, a top leader of the Sinai-based terror group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, was killed along with three associates by tribesmen in a drive-by revenge killing in central Sinai. Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested at universities in Cairo and Alexandria.
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Egypt
Khalifa Haftar: My forces will reach Tripoli soon
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Algeria
Algeria considers Egypt alliance to confront Libyan terror threat
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Egypt
Interior Minister Ibrahim announced that security services had foiled terrorist plans to target the president, the defense and interior ministers, police force leaders, and other officials. Authorities have closed the border with Libya for security reasons. A criminal court convicted former president Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement, sentencing him to three years in prison; his sons Gamal and Alaa were handed four-year prison terms, and the three were fined more than $20 million. Three policemen were killed and nine injured during rioting by Muslim Brotherhood supporters at Al Azhar University on May 19; a student was killed in the clashes, which…
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Egypt
How the army is taking revenge against Islamists in Libya
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Egypt
Egyptian Brotherhood split on using force
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Egypt
A court sentenced 126 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms of 10 years. A gunman wounded two security force conscripts at a camp in Daqahliya.
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Egypt
Text of Sisi interview with Reuters
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Egypt
Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for US support and equipment to help Egypt fight terrorism. The Army seized 15 tons of bomb-making material from two locations in al Quantara, a town that straddles the Suez Canal. Security forces defused three IEDs at a checkpoint in Giza. Gunmen opened fire on a police car in el Arish, wounding an officer and two conscripts.
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Egypt
Unidentified attackers torched the car of the chief prosecutor in Malhalla. Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with police outside Al-Azhar university in Cairo. The Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) released a video calling for jihad against “the Jews, the Christians, the polytheists, the apostates, the Rawafidh [Shi’ites] and the aggressors, by the money, the self, and the tongue.” The video condemned democracy, which allegedly “pushes the Muslims into the orbit of the global system controlled by the Zionist Crusaders” and aims “to prevent the Muslims from establishing a Caliphate.”
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Iran
Christians persecuted at alarming rate in Iran, Arab world, US report says
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Egypt
The chief prosecutor’s office accused 200 members of the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) of terrorism, conspiracy with al Qaeda and Hamas, fighting and training in Syria, and carrying out 51 attacks including suicide bombings. The group also allegedly cut a deal with former president Mohamed Morsi to refrain from attacks in exchange for the release of some of its members. Sources said 98 of the 200 suspects are at large. An operational leader of the group was reportedly arrested today in Beni Sueif. In Yayoum, two Muslim Brotherhood members were injured in a clashes.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists
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Egypt
Red Cross Says Far More Funds Needed for Syria
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Egypt
Sisi discloses two attempts to assassinate him
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Egypt
Ansar Bayt Maqdis claimed two suicide bombings that killed a soldier and wounded at least eight people on May 2 near Sharm El-Sheikh. Gunmen killed a retired senior army officer in al-Arish.
