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Insecurity in Sinai and Beyond: Why the Egyptian Counterterrorism Strategy is Failing

2016 Egypt German Council On Foreign Relations Helena Burgrova Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

January 30, 2016 03:36 am

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Source: German Council On Foreign Relations (Gdap) Author(s): Helena Burgrova Original Link: https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/insecurity-sinai-and-beyond Years after the protests that launched the Egyptian uprising, Egypt’s military-led government continues to pursue heavy-handed counterterrorism measures in the Sinai Peninsula as part of its broad-gauged “war on...

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North Sinai Population Continues to Sacrifice for Egypt

2015 Egypt Paper Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Zack Gold

December 30, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/north-sinai-population-continues-to-sacrifice-for-egypt/ On April 25, 2015, Egypt celebrated Sinai Liberation Day: the thirty-third anniversary of the return of most of the peninsula back to Egyptian sovereignty, following the signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in...

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One Year of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula

2015 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Zack Gold

October 25, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/one-year-of-the-islamic-state-in-the-sinai-peninsula/ Sinai militancy changed over 2015, following the decision of the peninsula’s main violent jihadi group – Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis – to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State organization and become Wilayat Sinai. The...

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“Look for Another Homeland” Forced Evictions in Egypt’s Rafah

2015 Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai Unknown

September 22, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/09/22/look-another-homeland/forced-evictions-egypts-rafah SUMMARY “I myself used to make food and tea for the soldiers and they came and sat in the shade of our olive tree when the sun beat down on them … My mother told me: ‘The tree is your responsibility. I fed you from it

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Is Egypt’s Instability Shifting Inward from Sinai?

2015 Andre Colling International Peace Institute Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

September 09, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/09/egypt-isis-sinai-muslim-brotherhood/ Recent high profile bombings and terrorist incidents in Greater Cairo have increased concerns that Islamist extremist violence in Egypt may increasingly impact areas outside of the chronically insecure North Sinai governorate. While the...

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Improved Egypt-Israel Relations through Sinai Crisis: Will They Last?

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Geoffrey Aronson Middle East Institute Paper Sinai

July 24, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Geoffrey Aronson Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/improved-egypt-israel-relations-through-sinai-crisis-will-they-last Egyptian diplomats rarely have a good word to say about U.S. policies these days. In contrast, they are enthusiastic in their praise of the close relations between Cairo and Jerusalem—centered on counterterror security...

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Assault in Sheikh Zuweid: A turning point in Egypt’s fight against terrorism

2015 Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

July 02, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/assault-in-sheikh-zuwaid-a-turning-point-in-egypts-fight-against-terrorism-2/ On the morning of July 1, 2015, militants engaged in coordinated attacks throughout Egypt’s North Sinai province. The attacks began just before 7 a.m. Cairo time, taking place at multiple checkpoints and...

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Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State

2015 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Zack Gold

May 18, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-tribes-between-the-egyptian-state-and-the-islamic-state/ The jihadist insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is taking an increasing toll on the local population and its tribal society. To confront this challenge, leaders of tribes from across the peninsula met on May...

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In Sinai, Egypt Faces Tough Task to Counter Instability

2015 Andre Colling Egypt International Peace Institute Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

May 13, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/05/sinai-egypt-isis-al-qaeda/ Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is increasingly being affected by high levels of conflict and instability, which has left hundreds of people dead and thousands more wounded since 2011. The latest of these attacks reportedly occurred earlier today, when four...

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How Egyptian Mainstream Media Cover the War on Terror

2015 Egypt Kareem Farid Media Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 23, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Kareem Farid Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-egyptian-mainstream-media-cover-the-war-on-terror/ Around seven o’clock p.m. on January 29, 2015, social media websites reported that a terrorist attack had hit three North Sinai cities of Rafah, al-Arish, and Sheikh Zuweid. Questions regarding the attacks—the apparent...

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Egypt’s War in the Sinai Peninsula: A Struggle that Goes beyond Egypt

2015 Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Yoram Schweitzer

February 03, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-war-in-the-sinai-peninsula-a-struggle-that-goes-beyond-egypt/ Egypt is in the midst of a war that can be categorized as a low-intensity conflict. This category represents a common pattern of military campaigns in the early twenty-first century...

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