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Hamas security personnel keep guard as fuel tankers enter Gaza’s power plant through the Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2017. (Reuters)

Hamas Declares State of Alert in Gaza, Wages Campaign of Mass Arrests against Extremists

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas launched on Sunday a wide campaign in the Gaza Strip to arrest extremists, who are influenced by ISIS, in the wake of last week’s terrorist attack in Sinai, which claimed the lives of 23 Egyptian soldiers. Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that...

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A picture taken from the Rafah border of the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt shows smoke billowing in Egypt’s North Sinai on July 8, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)

Identity of Sinai Attackers Stirs Controversy

by Kifah Ziboun and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah, Gaza – Unconfirmed news about the participation of former Hamas members in the ISIS’ attack in the Sinai Peninsula that killed at least 23 Egyptian soldiers stirred up debates in Palestine and Egypt. Social media accounts of ISIS supporters reported that...

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Family members attend the funeral of officer Khaled al-Maghrabi, who was killed during a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in Sinai, in his hometown Toukh, Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt 8 July, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt Kills 16 Gunmen as Soldiers of Terror Attack Laid to Rest

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 8, 2017 | Middle East

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday its forces had killed 14 gunmen in Ismailia province, adding that they were linked to recent attacks against the security forces in Northern Sinai. At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when suicide car bombs tore...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (AFP)

Saudi Leadership Offers Condolences to Egypt’s President on Sinai Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 8, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sent a cable of condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the victims of the terrorist attacks in Sinai, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. In his cable, the Monarch expressed...

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Egyptian security forces in Sinai. AFP

26 Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Sinai Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 7, 2017 | Middle East

Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula where terror group ISIS is conducting an insurgency, the military said. Security officials who requested anonymity said at least seven soldiers were killed,...