Sinai
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Terrorists downed Russian plane killing 224: Russia
World | Nov 17, 2015, 04:23 PM ISTMoscow: A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia's FSB security service said Tuesday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it's now clear the bombing that
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Egyptian helicopters strike militants in Sinai
World | Sep 03, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTEl-Arish: Egyptian helicopter gunships fired rockets early Tuesday at militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula, causing "dozens" of casualties in an ongoing effort by authorities to assert control over the largely lawless region, security officials
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Militants bomb gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai
World | Jul 07, 2013, 09:39 AM ISTNorth Sinai (Egypt), July 7: A group of militants bombed early Sunday a pipeline in North Sinai that provides natural gas to Jordan, security sources said."The gunmen bombed part of the pipeline in Lehfin area
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Egypt president vows to retake control of Sinai from jihadists
World | Aug 06, 2012, 07:57 PM ISTCairo/Jerusalem, Aug 6: Hours after ‘jihadists' gunmen killed 16 Egyptian guards at a border cheek-post, the country's Islamist President Mohammed Mursi today ordered the army to retake full control of the lawless Sinai. After chairing