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Egypt busts Israeli spy network in Sinai

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 13:08

Egyptian security forces have uncovered an Israeli spy network operating in northern Sinai, a report has said.

Egypt seizes two tons of explosives headed to Sinai

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 19:23

Lawlessness has been rife in Sinai since the ouster of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

Ton of explosives seized on way to Egypt’s Sinai

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 00:13

The security chief of Suez city said the explosives were discovered in a truck crossing into Sinai from mainland Egypt through a traffic tunnel under the canal.

Israel completes border fence with Egypt

Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 08:18

The fence is equipped with modern security systems and is designed to prevent Islamic militants, drug dealers from entering Israel from Egypt.

Egypt transfers tons of building materials to Gaza

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 23:37

New Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, of Hamas` parent group the Muslim Brotherhood, has vowed not to abandon the Palestinians.

Egypt arrests wanted militant in Sinai

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 00:21

Egyptian authorities say they have arrested a militant wanted for his alleged role in planning and carrying out deadly attacks last year on a police station and a bank in the Sinai Peninsula.

Four Egyptian troops wounded in Sinai attack

Last Updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 18:38

The attack took place along a major road linking northern Sinai`s main city of el-Arish to the Egypt-Gaza border town of Rafah.

Egypt court sentences 14 Islamists to death

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 11:14

A criminal court in Egypt has sentenced 14 Islamists to death, after convicting them of attacking a police station and a bank last year.

Egypt`s military declares victory against Sinai militants

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 15:02

For the first time since the Yom Kippur war of 1973, Egyptian military helicopter gunships on Wednesday crossed into the Sinai.

American tourists kidnapped in Egypt

Last Updated: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 09:17

Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were abducted 5 km away from Sadr al-Hitan district in Sinai by Bedouin people.

Two rockets hit southern Israel, cause no injuries

Last Updated: Sunday, June 17, 2012, 10:06

It was not immediately clear from where both rockets, which landed some 100 kilometres apart, were launched.

Bedouins free 2 US tourists abducted in Egypt

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2012, 09:17

Two American tourists abducted by Bedouins were released unharmed following negotiations between local tribesmen and the kidnappers.