The United States Army identified on Saturday the names of five soldiers who died while supporting a peacekeeping mission in the Sinai region of Egypt this week. The soldiers died when a UH-60 helicopter crashed on Thursday. They are: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31, from Katy, Texas. Chief Warrant Officer…
It’s been little more than a week since the Islamic State organization named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as its new leader, following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 26. Since then, Islamic State groups have pledged their allegiance to the new “caliph” from a host of countries, among…
The CBS investigative news program “60 Minutes” in the United States says it’s going ahead with its interview of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, despite Cairo’s request to kill the segment. Sisi recently sat down with journalist Scott Pelley to record the interview, confirming that the Egyptian military is…
At least four people have died following an attack on a tourist bus near the Egyptian pyramid site of Giza. The attack happened about 6:15 p.m. Friday when the bus carrying 14 people, including a driver and Egyptian tour guide, passed an improvised explosive device on the road from Cairo…
Israel has denied a report that its military has conducted airstrikes over the North Sinai with Cairo’s approval, following a New York Times investigative report that claimed more than 100 such incidents in a two-year period. Egyptian Army spokesperson Tamer a-Rifai denied Israel’s involvement and said the Egyptian military is…
At least 305 people have died in an attack on a mosque in Bir al-Abd, a village in the northern Sinai west of Arish. Another 128 people were believed injured, although the death toll continues to mount. The mosque attack came during Friday prayers at El Arish Al Rawda Mosque,…
The Islamic State affiliate based in Egypt’s Sinai region claimed responsibility Thursday for rockets launched at the Israeli resort city of Eilat the previous night. The Wilayat Sinai jihadists said they were behind the attack on the Red Sea coast; in an online statement, they warned that the rockets were…