The abduction of four Palestinians in North Sinai "will not be tolerated", said a Friday statement by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas.
The brigades further stressed that the abduction "will not pass (...)
Four Palestinians were abducted Wednesday evening as they crossed the Rafah border crossing from Gaza and were heading to Cairo, according to a statement by Palestinian movement Hamas issued on Thursday.
The statement further read that armed men (...)
Egypt expressed its deep concern over the escalation of military operations in Syria, according to an Egyptian Foreign Ministry statement Tuesday.
Egypt further condemned the endangering of civilian lives and the deaths of innocent Syrian citizens (...)
The family of Abdullah Al-Fakharany released a statement Friday calling on people to stand in solidarity with him to help in his release.
They added, in the statement, that "he was wronged greatly" by the life sentence handed to him earlier this (...)
Egyptian photojournalist Alaa Ahmed Selim, who is in his twenties, was found dead in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid on Monday, according to sources close to him.
Selim was found dead in the village of Abu-Taweela located in Sheikh Zuweid. The (...)
Extremist militant group "State of Sinai" claimed the decapitation of Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek, as images of his decapitated body, circulated by the group's affiliated accounts, went viral Wednesday on social media.
The photo shows the (...)
Egypt strongly condemned the attack on a mosque in the city of Abha, in south-western Saudi Arabia Thursday.
The mosque is frequented by Saudi security forces, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
The suicide attack killed 13 people, (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Friday morning Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusić.
Pusić is in Egypt to follow-up on with Egyptian government on efforts to release the Croatian citizen who was taken hostage by (...)
The expansion of the Suez Canal waterway and its inauguration on 6 August is a matter of "national security", much as it is a herald of much hoped-for support for Egypt's flailing economy.
The project is aimed at boosting Egypt's long struggling (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is scheduled to meet Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday evening, just days before the New Suez Canal's inauguration on 6 August.
Also on Tuesday, Abbas is scheduled to meet with Arab (...)
Minister of Religious Endowment Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has called for the inclusion of the already-dissolved "Al-Azhar Scholars Front" onthe list of "terrorist entities", according to state-run news agency MENA on Friday.
The comments came following (...)
The armed forces spokesman announced, in a Saturday statement, the death of Selim Soliman Al-Haram, a "State of Sinai" leader, during an exchange of fire in Sheikh Zuweid.
The statement added that the army received information on Al-Haram's (...)
Al-Azhar, Egypt's primary religious institution, has condemned, in a Friday statement, alleged calls for protests by a group called the "Al-Azhar Scholars Front" on the Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in dispersal's second anniversary.
The pro-Muslim (...)
US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit Cairo on 2 August to co-chair the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, according to a Monday US Department of State statement.
US President Barack Obama (...)
A relative of seven victims, who were killed when a Nile boat sunk last Wednesday, said that no compensation will ever replace their loss.
"Any compensation won't replace the loss of seven people of the same family in a terrible incident such as (...)
A conscript was killed in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, close to the area's police station, a security source told Daily News Egypt Saturday.
Clashes in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid have reportedly been ongoing Saturday morning, resulting in the death (...)
"Islamic State" affiliates in North Sinai, known as "State of Sinai", claimed responsibility an attack on a number of security personnel Thursday morning.
The attack targeted a military vehicle as the armed forces personnel were combing the areas of (...)
The death toll of a Nile boat collision with a barge has risen to 31 on Friday , according to State-run MENA news agency.
Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told Daily News Egypt that recovery efforts are still ongoing in the matter.
The (...)
The numbers of Egyptians trying to illegally cross to Libya have significantly decreased compared to the period preceding the targeting of Egyptians in Libya, Director of Salloum Port Brigadier General Nayel Fawzy told Daily News Egypt.
Fawzy could (...)
Protests broke out in some areas in Giza, including Talbiya and Nahya, hours following the Eid Al-Fitr prayers leaving 7 killed and 15 arrested Friday morning, a representative from the Interior Ministry press office told Daily News Egypt.
He added (...)
Armed forces personnel thwarted a car bomb attack Wednesday morning on one of the areas with high military presence on the Suez-Katameya Road, an armed forces statement said.
The attack resulted in the death of the vehicle's driver. The armed forces (...)
Clashes between the armed forces and militants in North Sinai since the beginning of July left 241 militants dead, said military spokesman Mohamed Samir in an official statement on Monday.
The statement further read that a total of 33 people were (...)
Last Wednesday's militant attacks in Sinai "will have negative implications on the opening of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip", senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar told Daily News Egypt Saturday.
Last Wednesday, the North Sinai town (...)
The situation in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid has stabilised, after the town witnessed one of the toughest battles between militants and the armed forces on Wednesday.
The "State of Sinai" militant group launched the attack at 6.55am on a (...)
img class="wp-image-256470 size-medium" src="/app/uploads/2015/04/1-1b-300x300.jpg" alt="The armed forces has been caught up in a fight against a growing insurgency in the restive Sinai peninsula. (Photo from "State of Sinai" Twitter Account)" (...)