France 24 Four Egypt militants killed making bombs: police Egyptian police said Saturday that four Islamists were killed in an accidental explosion while preparing bombs south of the capital. Police said the suspected militants were members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The explosion took place on Friday on a farm in the province of Beni Suef south of Cairo, the interior ministry said in a statement. Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20150425-four-egypt-militants-killed-making-bombs-police/ The Jerusalem Post Egypt to extend state of emergency three more months in northern Sinai Egypt said on Saturday it had extended by three months a state of emergency imposed on parts of northern Sinai in October after Islamist militants stepped up attacks in the peninsula bordering Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal. Insurgents have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in Sinai since mid-2013, lashing out after then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi following protests. Sisi went on to be elected president last year. The decision, announced in a statement from the presidency, will be implemented in Rafah, al-Arish, Sheik Zuweid and surrounding areas starting on Sunday. It also extends a night-time curfew in place in the same areas. Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egypt-to-extend-state-of-emergency-three-more-months-in-northern-Sinai-399156 The National Egypt wary of ground offensive in Yemen President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has turned to one of his most quoted catchphrases to describe Egypt's readiness to help Gulf Arab allies if they ever faced a threat to their national security. "Masaft el sekah," the general-turned-politician has often said, using Egyptian Arabic parlance for: "It's a short distance away". More recently, the phrase has been used by Saudis on social media to highlight what they believe to be Mr El Sisi's failure to dispatch troops to join the Saudi army in a ground offensive against Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen. The governments of close allies Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been tight lipped on the supposed differences between the two nations over the military strategy in Yemen, leaving the media in both countries to further deepen the mystery with speculation and leaks. At the start of the Saudi-led air strikes, numerous reports spoke of a ground offensive that would come after the air campaign had sufficiently weakened the Houthi rebels and the military units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh that support them. Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/egypt-wary-of-ground-offensive-in-yemen
