A bus full of Hamas operatives traveling through the Sinai Peninsula was stopped abruptly on Thursday, and initial reports stated that four members of Hamas—a Palestinian rival terrorist organization headquartered in Gaza—had been abducted by terrorists loyal to the Islamic State.
Egypt’s President Abel Fattah al-Sisi has announced he will make his third visit to Russia on August 25, when he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “boost strategic relations” and “enhance cooperation with Russia in various fields, particularly economically.”
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has claimed it orchestrated a car bomb attack in Cairo early on Thursday that injured at least 29 people, CNN reports.
WASHINGTON D.C.—The United States may take additional measures to ensure the protection of its lightly-equipped peacekeeping force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, said a Pentagon spokesperson.
The Libyan government is calling for Arab countries to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State positions.
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Egyptian Education Minister Moheb Al-Refaei over the weekend decried the Islamic hijab worn by girls as “unacceptable,” leading to rumors the Ministry would ban the garment from elementary schools. A spokesperson from the Ministry denied this claim on Egyptian television Sunday night.
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi signed a tough new anti-terrorism law on Sunday, a package including special courts for terrorist offenses, stern penalties for those convicted, protections for military and police officers accused of using excessive force to suppress insurgencies, and even financial penalties for journalists who contradict official government accounts of terrorist attacks.
HuffPostArabi, the new Arabic edition of the Huffington Post, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Routinely condemned by both the right and left; the site–led by former Al Jazeera editors and Muslim Brotherhood supporters–has drawn support from the Huffington Post’s Washington Bureau Chief, Ryan Grim, who has taken to explaining “Why We’re in The Middle East.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, paid a visit to Pakistan on Thursday before heading to New Delhi, India, on a string of trips to nations Iran is attempting to strengthen ties with following the successful completion of the nuclear accords.
The two men leading Huffington Post’s new Arabic-language site have in the past been accused of having direct involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and radical clerics; and one has openly expressed disturbing and conspiratorial anti-Semitic views.
In the aftermath of the July 16th Chattanooga murders claiming the lives of five U.S. servicemen and the FBI’s findings concerning the killer’s motivation, we desperately need a correct diagnosis to be made as to cause. Unfortunately, both the media and our government refuse to give it.
In direct contrast to the Muslim Brotherhood regime that ruled Egypt just a couple of years ago, the new government in Cairo under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has built a cordial relationship with the Jewish people and has remained an honest broker in negotiating mutually beneficial agreements with the State of Israel.
The Egyptian branch of ISIS has kidnapped a 30-year-old Croatian named Tomislav Salopek, who was in Egypt on business as an employee of French geology firm CGG, and is threatening to murder him within 48 hours if the Egyptian government does not release Muslim women from its jails. It is not clear exactly which Muslim women the terrorist group wants freed, as there is no shortage of them in Egyptian prisons, following the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Selim Suleiman al-Haram, a leader of the ISIS-affiliated militant group known as Sinai Province, was killed in a shootout, according to the Egyptian government.
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Qatar late Sunday for talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council–a Sunni Arab bloc consisting of 6 gulf states–that largely focused on the Iran nuclear deal struck between world powers and the regime in Tehran last month.
A former Egyptian army officer suspected of masterminding the assassination of a top Egyptian prosecutor has released a propaganda video calling for Islamists to declare holy war on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calling him a “new pharoah” who has overrun the mostly-Muslim country with “sorcerers” looking to change “our religion.”
Cairo (AFP) – At least 21 people celebrating an engagement were killed on the Nile north of Cairo late Wednesday when a cargo ship hit their chartered boat, medical and security sources said.
No sooner had Hillary Clinton announced the start of her U.S. presidential campaign than several skeletons popped out of her closet.
In a recent conversation, a senior Egyptian security official stated that Egypt needs the technological tools to monitor the borders, especially the western borders, “that is where large numbers of recruits and terrorists come. We have to monitor people and arms smuggling. Tunisia is the largest recruiter of the Mujahedeen,” he said. Tunisians make up the largest group of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, estimated at about 3,000.
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The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai claimed it destroyed an Egyptian navy vessel off the peninsula’s Mediterranean coast with rockets, various news outlets report.
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The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian navy craft which left it adrift and burning, but not sunk as claimed. The clash took place at sea on the Egyptian – Palestinian border, with remarkable images
On July 2, the Wall Street Journal carried an article by Shawki Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, who claimed that “violent extremists” are distorting the true purpose of fatwas and thereby, the true meaning of Islam. He goes on to extoll the virtues of Muhammad’s many roles – calling him a divine inspiration, social reformer, military leader, statesman, and also a Mufti.
