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Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
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Egyptian Court Recommends Death Penalty For 30 Over Assassination Of Prosecutor
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, the most senior state official killed by terrorists in recent years.
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2 Militants Killed In Northern Sinai: Egypt Military
Egyptian military spokesman Brigadier General Mohammed Samir says the military has pursued and killed two "terrorist elements" and injured another in northern Sinai, where Egyptian forces are battling an insurgency by a local ISIS affiliate.
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John Kerry to Meet Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Relaunch Strategic Talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo Sunday to relaunch strategic talks, on a regional mini-tour to sell the Iran nuclear deal to sceptical allies.
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Egyptian Army Kills 63 Militants in North Sinai: Sources
Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt on Thursday pressed its campaign to crush an escalating insurgency in Sinai, vowing to wipe out "dens of terror" on the peninsula after a spectacular attack by jihadists killed dozens.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt vowed Thursday to crush an escalating insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula after Islamic State group jihadists killed dozens in their most spectacular assault yet in the strife-plagued region.
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70 Dead as Islamic State Militants Attack North Sinai in Egypt
Islamic State insurgents attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today in a co-ordinated assault in which at least 70 combatants and civilians were killed - one of the biggest militant attacks in Egypt's modern history.
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At Least 30 Killed in Militant Attacks in Egypt's North Sinai Province
At least 30 people were killed when Islamist militants attacked several checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today, security and medical sources said, in one of the biggest coordinated assaults yet in the insurgency-hit province.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Egypt Judges, Prosecutor in Sinai
Gunmen killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate, officials said.
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Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
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Egyptian Court Recommends Death Penalty For 30 Over Assassination Of Prosecutor
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, the most senior state official killed by terrorists in recent years.
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2 Militants Killed In Northern Sinai: Egypt Military
Egyptian military spokesman Brigadier General Mohammed Samir says the military has pursued and killed two "terrorist elements" and injured another in northern Sinai, where Egyptian forces are battling an insurgency by a local ISIS affiliate.
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John Kerry to Meet Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Relaunch Strategic Talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo Sunday to relaunch strategic talks, on a regional mini-tour to sell the Iran nuclear deal to sceptical allies.
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Egyptian Army Kills 63 Militants in North Sinai: Sources
Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt on Thursday pressed its campaign to crush an escalating insurgency in Sinai, vowing to wipe out "dens of terror" on the peninsula after a spectacular attack by jihadists killed dozens.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt vowed Thursday to crush an escalating insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula after Islamic State group jihadists killed dozens in their most spectacular assault yet in the strife-plagued region.
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70 Dead as Islamic State Militants Attack North Sinai in Egypt
Islamic State insurgents attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today in a co-ordinated assault in which at least 70 combatants and civilians were killed - one of the biggest militant attacks in Egypt's modern history.
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At Least 30 Killed in Militant Attacks in Egypt's North Sinai Province
At least 30 people were killed when Islamist militants attacked several checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today, security and medical sources said, in one of the biggest coordinated assaults yet in the insurgency-hit province.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Egypt Judges, Prosecutor in Sinai
Gunmen killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate, officials said.
