Northern Sinai

At least 155 people were killed and dozens more wounded when terrorists set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said.

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in northern Sinai on Friday, security sources said

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.

A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 23 men to 14 years in jail without parole over the killing of four Shi'ite Muslims in 2013, judicial sources said.

Military air strikes killed 27 Islamic militants in Egypt's Northern Sinai today in one of the biggest security operations in the region in months, security sources said.

Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb explosion struck an army vehicle, injuring seven soldiers in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.

Six Egyptian policemen were killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded as they passed through a volatile part of northern Sinai in an armoured convoy, the interior ministry said.

Seven police conscripts and two civilians were wounded on Wednesday in a bomb blast in the town of Al-Arish, the capital of Egypt's restive northern Sinai peninsula, security officials said.

Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have ambushed two police minibuses in northern Sinai, firing rocket-propelled grenades and killing 24 policemen.

At least 155 people were killed and dozens more wounded when terrorists set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said.

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in northern Sinai on Friday, security sources said

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.

A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 23 men to 14 years in jail without parole over the killing of four Shi'ite Muslims in 2013, judicial sources said.

Military air strikes killed 27 Islamic militants in Egypt's Northern Sinai today in one of the biggest security operations in the region in months, security sources said.

Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb explosion struck an army vehicle, injuring seven soldiers in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.

Six Egyptian policemen were killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded as they passed through a volatile part of northern Sinai in an armoured convoy, the interior ministry said.

Seven police conscripts and two civilians were wounded on Wednesday in a bomb blast in the town of Al-Arish, the capital of Egypt's restive northern Sinai peninsula, security officials said.

Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have ambushed two police minibuses in northern Sinai, firing rocket-propelled grenades and killing 24 policemen.