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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on October 25, 2014. (AFP)
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Egyptian schoolgirls pass a sign in Arabic reading “No passing, will open fire” in El-Arish in the Sinai on November 17, 2014.
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Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches towards open war
Ismailia, Egypt, Reuters—Egypt has indefinitely shut schools in two border towns in northern Sinai as the army prepares to intensify a battle with Islamist militants that turned the daily trip to lessons into a “journey of death.” Local people say...Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi (far left), and other officials follow a soldier carrying medals of troops killed in Friday’s assault in the Sinai Peninsula, during a military funeral in Cairo, Egypt, on October 25, 2014. (AP Photo/MENA, Sheriff Abd el-Moneim)
Palestinian militants involved in Sinai attacks: Egyptian official
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Friday’s attacks on army posts in the northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula were carried out by Palestinian militants, a senior Interior Ministry official told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, at the same time that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi...Caption:
An Egyptian soldier keeps watch atop an armored vehicle next to the North Sinai Government building during celebrations on the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt, 06 October 2013. (EPA)
Attack on Egypt army post kills 25
El-Arish, Egypt, AP—An attack on an army post in the restive northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula caused a large explosion and killed 25 people, according to security and medical officials, making it one of the deadliest attacks on security forces since...Caption:
Unidentified men stand around a damaged military vehicle following the cessation of clashes for control of the Libyan city of Wershefana, on September 23, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA)