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Protectors of Sharia: MSGS & Missing Scenes

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

February 16, 2018 15:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/protectors-of-sharia-msgs-missing-scenes/ Introduction On February 11, 2018, the Islamic State’s (IS) local affiliate ‘Sinai Province’ released a 23-minute video, in which it showcased several scenes of its recent attacks against the Egyptian Army. The IS video came in coincidence with the...

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Egypt’s Comprehensive Military Operation

2018 Carnegie Egypt Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper Sinai

February 15, 2018 19:31 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author (s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75556 On February 9, Egypt’s military spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai announced the launch of the “Comprehensive Military Operation,” which aims to eliminate the country’s growing insurgency. Even though the primary focus of the operation is the Sinai Peninsula, earning it the nickname “Operation...

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The Rawda Mosque massacre In the absence of witnesses

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

December 19, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/rawda-mosque-massacre/ Introduction On Friday, November 24, 2017, the village of Al-Rawda, east of Bir al-Abed town, 40 kilometers from Al-Arish in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate, witnessed an extremely horrible massacre, where about 312 worshipers were killed during Friday prayers, in the...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attack at Rawda Mosque

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

December 07, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-report-attack-at-rawda-mosque/ INTRODUCTION Download PDF During Friday prayers on November 24, a group of armed assailants attacked worshipers at Belal Mosque in the village of Rawda in North Sinai, killing 311 civilians, among them 27 children, and injuring 128. Egypt’s...

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The Bleeding Sinai

2017 Carnegie Egypt Michael Young Paper Sinai

December 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michael Young Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74863 Mohannad Sabry is an Egyptian journalist and author who lived in Cairo until 2015, before he left in self-imposed exile after facing mounting threats. In 2011 he was named a finalist for the Livingston Award for International Reporting, and he was nominated for an Emmy Award

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Islamic State in Egypt

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

December 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/terror-groups/islamic-state-in-egypt/ Other Names: None Location: The Islamic State in Egypt’s activity has been concentrated in Cairo and Giza. The group has also claimed attacks in the governorates of Qalyubia, Alexandria, Daqhalia, Damietta, and Gharbia. Characteristics: The Islamic...

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The Attack on the al-Rawdah Mosque

2017 Adam Hoffman Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

December 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Adam Hoffman Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/attack-al-rawdah-mosque The bloody attack on the al-Rawdah Mosque in Northern Sinai, which killed 305 people, is now considered the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt’s modern history… Read more at original link.

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The War on Terrorism in Sinai: A Watershed?

2017 Egypt Ofir Winter Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Yoram Schweitzer

November 29, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/war-terrorism-sinai-watershed/ The November 24, 2017 attack on al-Rawda mosque in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, apparently by Wilayat Sinai, a proxy of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Egypt, was the most deadly terrorist attack Egypt has ever...

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Egypt mosque attack: New level of horror in decades-long struggle to control Sinai

2017 Beverley Milton-Edwards Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Brookings Institution

November 27, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Beverley Milton-Edwards Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypt-mosque-attack-new-level-of-horror-in-decades-long-struggle-to-control-sinai/ The bomb-and-gun attack in Egypt’s north Sinai on Friday November 24 is now known to have killed more than 300 worshippers at a Sufi-affiliated mosque, making it the deadliest attack in modern...

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Background to the Sinai conflict

2017 Egypt International Institute For Strategic Studies Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai Unknown

November 24, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: International Institute For Strategic Studies (Iiss) Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.iiss.org/en/iiss%20voices/blogsections/iiss-voices-2017-adeb/november-1032/sinai-conflict-e473 More than 200 people have reportedly died in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, in an unprecedented attack on civilians. No group has yet claimed responsibility, but...

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The Right to Health in North Sinai: Challenges and Community Solutions

2017 Civil Society Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Paper Sinai Unknown

November 01, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/english_summary.pdf As stated by the Egyptian Constitution, the Right to Health is a universal right for all citizens that should be realized without discrimination. Understanding the challenges facing the realizing of this right to the citizens of North Sinai and...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attacks Against Security Forces Continue in Egypt’s North Sinai

2017 Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

September 11, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/special-briefing-attacks-against-Security-forces-continue-in-egypts-north-sinai/ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Wilayat Sinai, the Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula, on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on a police convoy on the Qantara-Arish Road in the Taloul...

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