Showing posts with label Sinai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sinai. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

At least 25 Egyptian soldiers/policemen killed in Rafah ambush



At least 25 Egyptian soldiers or policemen (the reports vary) have been killed in an ambush in Rafah, along the border between Egypt and Gaza. This is from the 'Palestinian' Maan News.

At least 25 Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants in an ambush on two buses in north Sinai on Monday.The
soldiers were reportedly executed by militants after being ordered to
leave the buses. The armed

Saturday, August 17, 2013

It starts: Movement behind Morsi ouster calls on army to renounce Camp David, refuse US money



Last week, President Obama canceled a military exercise with Egypt in response to the crackdown on his friends in the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama complained that the exercise could not go on as 'business as usual.'

In response, the Tamarod movement, which was behind the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood and Mohammed Morsy, has called on the Egyptian army to renounce the Camp David treaty and

Monday, August 12, 2013

Iron Dome intercepts rocket headed for Eilat



Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system shot down a rocket headed from Sinai to Eilat early on Tuesday morning. The incident took place just a few days after Israel allegedly killed four al-Qaeda terrorists in Sinai using a drone. This is from the first link.

Terrorists fired a rocket at Eilat shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday
morning, triggering an air raid siren and activating the Iron Dome

Saturday, August 10, 2013

(Israeli?) drone strike kills 4 jihadis in Sinai



A drone strike against jihadis who were about to launch rockets at southern Israel from northern Sinai on Friday may, or may not, have been carried out by Israel.

Egyptian security officials alleged that an Israeli drone strike
today killed five jihadists near Rafah. "The officials say the attack
was in cooperation with Egyptian authorities," the Associated Press reported. The jihadists