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Egypt: Egypt Launches Airstrikes As Offensive Builds
Tunis Afrique Presse, 9 August 2012
Egypt has deployed extra troops, tanks and other armoured vehicles to the Sinai peninsula in an escalation of its military offensive in the area. Read more »
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Egypt: Govt Ups Security in Sinai As Clashes Erupt in Arish
Aswat Masriya, 9 August 2012
Eyewitnesses said that military reinforcements, including 50 carriages, arrived in Sinai's outskirts of Arish, in light of clashes that erupted between police and armed assailants… Read more »
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Egypt: Army Seals Gaza Tunnels After Attack
Aswat Masriya, 9 August 2012
Security sources confirmed on Thursday that Egypt's armed forces has begun sealing and demolishing smuggling tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip. Read more »
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Egypt: Presidential Spokesman Denies Any Relation Between Releasing Political Detainees, Rafah Attack
Egypt Online, 9 August 2012
Presidential Spokesman Yasser Ali denied any relationship between the decision of President Mohamed Morsi to release political detainees and recent attack that took place in Rafah. Read more »
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Egypt: Fuel Crisis in Sinai Disappears After Rafah Attack
Aswat Masriya, 9 August 2012
Citizens of North Sinai are relieved after a number of crises came to an end after tunnels between Egypt and Gaza were sealed following the attack on a border post in Rafah. Read more »
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Egypt: U.S. Official Comments on Egyptian Air Strikes in Sinai
State Department, 8 August 2012
Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: Read more »
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Egypt: PM Strongly Denounces Attack Against Border-Post in Northern Sinai
Tunis Afrique Presse, 8 August 2012
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali strongly denounced the attack against the border-post in northern Sinai, Egypt which caused the death of 16 border guards. Read more »