Sinai Peninsula

Egypt: President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi says his nation rejects supporting, financing terrorism

Cairo: Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday reiterated his country's stance against the support and finance of terrorism, state-run MENA news agency reported.

Islamic State claims suicide attack on Egypt Army checkpost in Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

Islamic militants attacked a remote Egyptian Army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire, killing at least 23 soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years

Egypt car blast: 23 security troops killed, 33 inured in suicide attack at military checkpoint

At least 10 security troops have killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in Egypt's northeastern Sinai Peninsula

Israel issues 'high concrete threat', advises against traveling to Turkey

Israel has issued a new travel advisory for Turkey, warning its citizens to leave the country as soon as possible and avoid any traveling there.

Russian plane downed by terrorism: Egypt reverses previous stand on crash in Sinai Peninsula

Egypt had previously dismissed as "propaganda" a claim by the Islamic State jihadist group that it downed the airliner on 31 October.

Islamic State group claims responsibility for ambush on Egypt army

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the roadside bombing of an army convoy in the turbulent northern part of the Sinai Peninsula a day earlier that killed at least four.

Probe says Russian jet 'broke up in air' as bodies of the 224 victims flown home from Egypt

A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt broke up "in the air", an investigator said Sunday, as the bodies of many of the 224 people killed on board were flown home.

Russian airliner crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kills all 224 on flight

A Russian airliner crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board, with officials launching a probe but swiftly downplaying a claim of responsibility by Islamic State militants.

At least 50 soldiers dead in militant attacks in Sinai, Egypt

Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 50 soldiers, security and military officials said.

Egypt: Gaza border reopened first time in a month for four hours

Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since its closure in late October after a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said.