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africanews
March 12, 2018
The jihadists have killed hundreds of soldiers, policemen and civilians, mainly in North Sinai but also elsewhere in Egypt. They have also killed scores of Christians in church bombings and shootings, as well as bombing a Russian airliner carrying tourists from an Egyptian resort in 2015, killing all 224Ãâà...
BU Today
March 9, 2018
Despite positive pronouncements by the Sisi regime, Egypt's campaign against ISIS affiliated fighters in the North Sinai is not going well. Part of the problem is the regime's blunt force approach — indiscriminate bombing as well as the razing of entire villages and some extrajudicial killings — is ill suited toÃâà...
The Hill
March 8, 2018
Despite positive pronouncements by the Sisi regime, Egypt's campaign against ISIS affiliated fighters in the North Sinai is not going well. Part of the problem is the regime's blunt force approach — indiscriminate bombing as well as the razing of entire villages and some extrajudicial killings — is ill suited toÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 7, 2018
14 statement, “The initiative follows the directives of Education Minister Tarek Shawki and aims to support the students of north Sinai and protect their future.” He added, “This initiative comes in line with the state's efforts to help the people of the province … and is based on the directives of President AbdelÃâà...
Amnesty International
March 1, 2018
Analysis of a video released by the Egyptian Armed Forces proves beyond doubt that banned cluster munitions have been used in recent airstrikes in North Sinai, Amnesty International said today. On 21 February, the Egyptian military released a video on its official twitter account of what it claimed wereÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
February 28, 2018
IN A STATEMENT released on 27 February, a military spokesperson reported that 11 Islamist militants had been killed by military forces during a counter-terrorism operation in Egypt's North Sinai governorate on an earlier unspecified date, BBC Monitoring reported. The statement added that four militantsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 15, 2018
Amnesty International has said Egypt must cease use of cluster bombs "immediately" after the weapons had featured in an official video by the country's military on their recent operations in North Sinai. The human rights group said in a statement on Wednesday that its experts analysed the video andÃâà...
Amnesty International
February 14, 2018
The Egyptian military's use of cluster bombs must cease immediately, Amnesty international said today, following the military's release of an official video showing cluster bombs as part of their recent operations in North Sinai. Amnesty International experts have analysed a video which was posted on theÃâà...
New York Times
February 10, 2018
President Abdel Fattah-el Sisi, who is standing for re-election next month, ordered the offensive after Islamic State militants killed at least 311 people in a ruthless gun-and-bomb assault on a mosque in North Sinai on Nov. 24, in Egypt's deadliest terrorist attack. Soon after, Mr. Sisi set a three-month deadlineÃâà...
