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Egypt helicopter gunships kill 20 militants

August 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

CAIRO — Egyptian helicopter gunships killed 20 militants in the Sinai on Wednesday, state media and the army said, days after 16 soldiers were killed in an attack attributed to Islamist extremists. The air strikes on Tumah village — the … read more »

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3 Africans shot by Egyptian police en route to Israel

August 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Egyptian police shot and injured three African migrants who were en route to Israel, according to Egyptian security sources in the Sinai peninsula. The officials told Ma’an that security forces saw three men trying to enter Israel and warned them … read more »

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Egypt gas line blown up as voting begins

November 28, 2011 by benim

Cairo – Saboteurs on Monday blew up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency reported, just hours before the first election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline west of … read more »

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Fresh attack on Egyptian gas pipeline

September 27, 2011 by benim

Cairo – A fresh attack overnight on a pipeline delivering gas from Egypt to Israel left one person injured, witnesses and Egyptian security sources said on Tuesday. At least three gunmen in a van opened fire on a gas installation … read more »

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Egypt’s Sinai security forces say plan crackdown

August 14, 2011 by benim

Security forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula say they are launching an operation to control those behind a series of attacks in the northern town of el-Arish and stations that export gas to Israel. Witnesses in el-Arish said they saw armoured … read more »

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Four dead, 19 injured in clash in Egypt’s Sinai

July 31, 2011 by benim

An Egyptian army officer and three civilian bystanders were shot dead in fighting between an armed group and security forces in northern Sinai, security sources said on Saturday. About 100 armed men rode through the town of el-Arish on Friday … read more »

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Major gas pipeline exploded in northern Egypt

July 3, 2011 by benim

A major natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s North Sinai was exploded in the wee hours on Monday, local security sources told Xinhua.

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Egypt gunmen kill police officers in Sinai: security

June 22, 2011 by benim

Unknown gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish on Wednesday, killing two policemen and leaving two injured, a security official said. “Unknown gunmen travelling in two small cars without number plates shot at police officers with … read more »

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Egyptian protesters call for severing Israel ties

April 27, 2011 by benim

Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Wednesday demanding Egypt sever ties with and end gas exports to the Jewish state. Massed on a bridge next to the high-rise building where the embassy is … read more »

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Explosion rocks Egypt gas terminal near Israel

April 26, 2011 by benim

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials say an explosion at a gas terminal near Egypt’s border with Israel has sent flames shooting into the air and forced the shutdown of the pipeline. It is the second attack on the al-Sabil … read more »

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Egyptian border guards shoot dead Eritrean woman trying to enter Israel

January 17, 2011 by benim

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials say border police have killed an Eritrean woman trying to sneak across the border into Israel. Officials say the 20-year-old woman did not heed warnings from Egyptian border guards before they shot her in … read more »

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Egypt bans activists from Gaza convoy

December 31, 2010 by benim

The Egyptian embassy in Damascus, Syria, has halted Iranian and Jordanian activists from reaching the Gaza Strip through Egypt. Entry was denied to around fifty people who had intended to reach Gaza by December 27th, in time for the second … read more »

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‘Egypt seizes Gaza-bound anti-aircraft missiles in Sinai’

December 28, 2010 by benim

Security forces discover large cache of ammunition, weapons and explosives in isolated desert warehouse facility, Ma’an reports. Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula recently seized a large store of weapons and explosives that were to be smuggled into the … read more »

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