Israelis Warned Not To Visit Tunisia For Jewish Festival
Israel warned its citizens on Wednesday against visiting Tunisia, where Jewish pilgrims will celebrate a religious festival later this month, ...
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Perennial Middle East Player, Israeli Ally
The United States has for several decades played a mediating role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while remaining Israel's main supporter. ...
Gunmen Kill Three Egypt Policemen In Cairo Gun Attack
Unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police convoy near the main ring road around Cairo, killing three officers and wounding five ...
Pope Heads To Egypt To Mend Ties With Islam, Reassure Christians
In keeping with his inclusive approach to his role, when Pope Francis visits Egypt on Friday he will meet with ...
Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday, pledging ...
Egypt Army Says Senior IS Cleric Killed In Sinai
The Egyptian military said Thursday it killed a senior Islamic State group cleric and 18 jihadists in air strikes in ...
Egypt Says Killed Sinai Monastery Shooter
Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policemen near St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, ...
Deadly Attack Near Egypt’s Old Monastery
St Catherine's monastery is located at the foot of Mount Sinai One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened ...
Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman
A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's ...
Security Tight As Egypt Copts Hold Easter Mass
Egyptian Coptic Christians observed Easter Mass under tight security on Saturday with the ancient minority still reeling from twin church ...
Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after Cairo declared ...
‘IS’ Rocket Fired From Egypt Hits Israel, Crossing Shut
A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai crashed into Israel on Monday, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist ...
Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the deadliest ...
Pressed In Iraq and Syria, IS Lashes Out In Egypt
The twin bombings of churches in Egypt suggest that Islamic State group jihadists are lashing out as they find themselves ...
Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility For Twin Church Bombings In Egypt
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared a state of emergency after two deadly bombings Sunday, the first at a ...
Egypt’s Coptic Churches Hit By Deadly Blasts On Palm Sunday
Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday have killed at least 42 people, officials say. In Alexandria, ...
At Least 15 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered ...
10 Egyptian Soldiers Killed In Sinai Roadside Bombings
Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai ...
Exclusive: Russia Appears To Deploy Forces In Egypt, Eyes On Libya Role
Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent ...
Sissi Defends Anti-Jihadists Fight After Copts Flee Sinai
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has defended his government’s strategy in the fight against jihadists in Sinai Peninsula, where dozens ...