
Well before the latest threat from Islamic State, Israel’s military had stepped up intelligence and preparedness efforts with the militant group in mind. In particular, Israeli forces are keeping an eye on Islamic State’s branch in Egypt’s lawless Sinai peninsula,
by Breitbart Jerusalem28 Dec 2015, 12:47 AM PST0

A local Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate has claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb attack Tuesday on a hotel in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula that reportedly left seven people dead, including two judges, and at least a dozen more wounded.
by Edwin Mora25 Nov 2015, 5:57 PM PST0
TEL AVIV – Although the Islamic State terror group has already taken credit for downing a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula, such a claim has not convinced many within the Arab world who see events through the lens
by Jordan Schachtel23 Nov 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

Thousands of Russians in Egypt decided to defy security warnings and continue their vacations following the October 31 plane crash that killed 224 people traveling to Moscow.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

For just a $30 fee, security measures can be completely waived for passengers traveling through the Sinai’s Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, from where a Russia-bound jet took off in late October and crashed a few hundred miles into its route, killing all 224 people on board.
by Jordan Schachtel9 Nov 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

Russia and Egypt are disputing suggestions from American and British intelligence that a bomb, planted by ISIS or an affiliated group, brought down a Russian jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 8:52 PM PST0

10 Downing Street issued a statement suggesting a bomb might have caused the destruction of a Russian plane that crashed over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
by Mary Chastain4 Nov 2015, 11:59 AM PST0

According to U.S. officials, satellite imagery shows a heat flash immediately before a Russian plane crashed into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. This evidence could disprove the theory the plane was shot down by a missile.
by Mary Chastain3 Nov 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

Days after Metrojet’s Airbus A321 crashed in Egypt over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, officials from the airline are now saying the plane was taken down by an “external influence.” The plane, which carried mostly Russian passengers, was flying from a Red Sea resort to St. Petersburg, Russia.
by Lee Stranahan2 Nov 2015, 8:59 PM PST0

The administration of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month extension to a state of emergency it imposed on parts of the northern Sinai Peninsula as the country’s military launches counterterrorism operations against jihadists in the region.
by Edwin Mora31 Oct 2015, 2:58 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group says it is responsible for downing a Russian passenger jet that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Oct 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly debate on Monday to talk about the region’s ongoing battles against the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel30 Sep 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

At least 12 people were killed and 10 others wounded on Sunday when Egyptian security forces mistook a convoy of mostly Mexican tourists for “terrorist elements” they were pursuing in the country’s vast western desert, Egypt’s interior ministry reported Monday.
by Edwin Mora14 Sep 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

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.
by Jordan Schachtel21 Aug 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

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.
by Edwin Mora19 Aug 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

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.
by Edwin Mora17 Jul 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

Both Israeli and Egyptian authorities believe that Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, is working with an Islamic State-affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula to facilitate terror attacks in the region.
by Jordan Schachtel3 Jul 2015, 5:34 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) made advances in Egypt as it launched a wave of attacks in restive North Sinai province despite a government crackdown against jihadi elements in the country, various new agencies report.
by Edwin Mora2 Jul 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

Sinai Province, Egypt’s Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate, launched rockets towards an airport in the Sinai peninsula used by United Nations peacekeeping troops, news outlets report, quoting security sources.
by Edwin Mora10 Jun 2015, 2:46 PM PST0

Egyptian Army officials revealed on Monday that Cairo forces have found and destroyed over 500 tunnels that connect from Egypt to the Gaza Strip.
by Jordan Schachtel26 May 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

Hamas is allowing Sinai-based jihadists who were wounded in battles against the Egyptian military to get treated at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, according to a recent report by Israel’s Channel 2 News.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Apr 2015, 11:11 AM PST0

Islamic militants carried out a wave of terror attacks on early Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula. In the most deadly of five separate attacks, over fifteen Egyptian soldiers were killed, and at least nineteen were wounded, officials stated. All of the assaults were carried out near the military checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, which is located mere miles from the Gaza Strip.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Apr 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

Between 27 and 30 Coptic Christian families in North Sinai have been forced to flee after receiving death threats from Islamist entities in the region, the Cairo Post reports.
by Jordan Schachtel3 Mar 2015, 9:11 AM PST0