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Egypt: Revolution Brings Little to Underdeveloped Sinai
UNIRIN, 13 December 2013
This is the final installment of a four-part series on the impact of militancy and counter-terrorism in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Read more »
Egypt's Revolution Brings Little to Sinai
Although some analysts warned that there needed to be political change in order for development to take place in the long-neglected Sinai region, nothing changed after the revolution that threw out the old order.
A Bedouin man carries water to irrigate his trees in the village of Balloza in North Sinai.
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Egypt: A Four-Part Series On the Impact of Militancy and Counter-Terrorism in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
UNIRIN, 12 December 2013
This is the third installment of a four-part series on the impact of militancy and counter-terrorism in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Read more »
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Egypt: Egyptian Civilians in Crosshairs of Sinai Militants
UNIRIN, 11 December 2013
Hani Ayesh, a resident of al-Arish, in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, was on his way to work when his bus was struck by a rocket or missile launched by militants targeting a nearby army… Read more »
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Egypt: Sinai - Destined to Suffer?
UNIRIN, 9 December 2013
Many Egyptians have lauded the authorities' ongoing "counter-terrorism" campaign in the remote Sinai peninsula, seeing it is a necessary fight against militants who have increased… Read more »
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Egypt: Civilians Caught in Sinai Violence
UNIRIN, 10 December 2013
Despite the Egyptian government's deployment of additional troops to its restless northern Sinai region, attacks by Islamist militants continue, and almost inevitably civilians are… Read more »
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Egypt: Sinai Tribes Offer to Hand Over Arms Unconditionally
Egypt Online, 7 December 2013
In response to the initiative launched by Colonel General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the Minister of Defense and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to hand over unlicensed arms,… Read more »
InFocus
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The Eyptian government has announced it is beefing up security at all border crossings in Sinai, in addition to a "large-scale operation" launched by the army and police targeting ... Read more »
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Residents of North Sinai say they are becoming increasingly affected by the insurgency against security forces. Read more »
