“We are under siege, the militants didn’t storm inside it so far, or else I wouldn’t be speaking to you right now,” Colonel Mohamed Soliman told Daily News Egypt from inside Sheikh Zuweid police station on Wednesday. Soliman confirmed that … read more
Reuters, Cairo Wednesday, 1 July 2015 Egyptian security forces stormed an apartment in the western Cairo suburb of ‘6th of October’ and killed nine men whom they said were armed, security sources said.The sources said authorities had received information the group … read more
The casualties from attacks on security checkpoints and facilities in North Sinai on Wednesday rose to 60 security personnel, ranging from deaths to injuries, a security source said. The attacks were followed by clashes with militants. So far over 30 … read more
A caretaker prosecutor general was appointed in Egypt on Wednesday, two days after the assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor, a prosecution official said. Ali Omran, the public prosecution’s director of judicial inspection, will carry out the tasks of the prosecutor … read more
The death toll from “clashes” between security personnel and militants in North Sinai has risen, the armed forces spokesman said, following a string of attacks which targeted security checkpoints and facilities early Wednesday. Spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a statement … read more
Egypt’s Finance Ministry published late Tuesday a part of the financial statement on the draft budget for the new fiscal year 2015/2016, reducing the expected budget deficit to 8.9 percent of the gross domestic product. Egypt’s cabinet had approved a draft … read more
A string of explosions took place amid continuing clashes between “State of Sinai” and the army in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid on Wednesday. The violence started when militants attacked on at least five security checkpoint on Wednesday … read more
A policeman was shot dead late Tuesday when gunmen opened fire at security troops assigned to a southern Cairo museum. A senior Interior Ministry source said security officers outside the Wax Museum in Helwan were surprised when masked assailants in … read more
Two improvised explosive devices detonated early Wednesday inside the Civil Registry Office in Fayoum, causing one injury and damaging part of the building, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The Civil Registry Office is near a police station. Explosives experts searched … read more
The Sinai-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for a string of attacks which targeted security checkpoints and facilities in North Sinai early Wednesday. The group said in a statement released on twitter accounts affiliated with it that it … read more