Associated Press | Sep 17, 2012
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Islamic militants clashed with army and police troops in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday following the arrest of some of their members, killing one soldier and leaving six of his colleagues and two civilians wounded, Egypt's military spokesman said. Security officials said the attack was in response to early morning police raids... more
Associated Press | Aug 18, 2012
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egyptian security officials say militants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a security convoy in the Sinai Peninsula, wounding three military officers and a policeman. The officials say the attack Saturday morning took place along a major road linking northern Sinai's main city of el-Arish to the Egypt-Gaza border town of Ra... more
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Jun 02, 2012
Cairo - Having held onto power for nearly 30 years before a popular revolt deposed him, Hosny Mubarak Saturday became Egypt's first ruler to be convicted and sent to prison - a life sentence for complicity in the deaths of some 846 protesters. Mubarak, wearing dark glasses and lying on a stretcher inside an iron cage, showed no emotion as the j... more
Associated Press | Jan 30, 2013
PORT SAID, Egypt -- Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the ... more
Associated Press | Dec 06, 2012
CAIRO - The Egyptian army deployed tanks outside the presidential palace Thursday following fierce street battles between supporters and opponents of Mohammed Morsi that left five people dead and more than 600 injured in the worst outbreak of violence between the two sides since the Islamist leader's election. The intensity of the overnight vio... more