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North Sinai • 13 min read
Province of Sinai militants occupy North Sinai villages forcing mass displacement
Province of Sinai militants have occupied the villages of Qatiya, Iqtiya, Ganayen and Merih
28 July 2020
North Sinai • 15 min read
Province of Sinai targets Union of Sinai Tribes fighters in Sheikh Zuwayed, coronavirus reaches central Sinai
Residents say civilian casualties receive less attention than those of the Armed Forces.
15 July 2020
COVID-19 • 10 min read
Coronavirus in Sinai: Fear and negligence as cases rise. Governor: ‘Expected and not disturbing’
The surge coincided with end-of-year high school exams.
1 July 2020
North Sinai • 15 min read
Coronavirus in North Sinai
Several factors have residents concerned about the area's capacity to deal with the outbreak
18 June 2020
Province of Sinai • 13 min read
Militants launch attacks on North Sinai tribes following renewed call to mobilize alongside Armed Forces
An elder of the Tarabin tribe — one of North Sinai’s largest tribes — was brutally executed.
10 June 2020
North Sinai • 11 min read
Bir al-Abd: The new center of the Sinai war
The city has found itself in the throes of a battle between the Armed Forces and Province of Sinai.
3 May 2020
Coronavirus • 13 min read
A double curfew and a brush with the coronavirus: No COVID-19 cases recorded in North Sinai
Coronavirus passes through North Sinai, but no cases reported
13 April 2020
attacks on checkpoints • 13 min read
Province of Sinai storms army checkpoint in Sheikh Zuwayed, forcing military retreat
Province of Sinai also claimed responsibility for a gas pipeline bombing near Bir al-Abd
13 February 2020
North Sinai • 7 min read
North Sinai’s ATM war
“They won’t push you out, but they are daring you to stay.”
4 February 2020
 
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Opinion
Egypt Defence Review
Civilian deaths and unaccountability in North Sinai
The country’s conscripted combat forces are tactically frail and ill disciplined
30 October 2019
A North Sinai resident
Terrorism and the city
Death has become the cheap currency of the city. Citizens are killed by both sides everyday. If they
15 July 2015
Heba Afify
When home is lost
In 2012, I met 67-year-old Ahmed Abdallah, a Nubian man who was among those displaced in 1963 to allow
6 November 2014
 
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News
attacks on police • 3 min read
Province of Sinai claims responsibility for Sheikh Zuwayed suicide bombing that Interior Ministry says killed 7, injured 26
9 April 2019
Province of Sinai • 4 min read
Province of Sinai claims responsibility for kidnapping of Coptic man near Arish
26 January 2019
Arish • 5 min read
Security forces kill militant in Arish checkpoint where Coptic ‘police forensic expert’ reportedly kidnapped
20 January 2019
Arish • 3 min read
Interior Ministry announces killing of 14 armed militants in Arish
23 December 2018
kidnappings • 3 min read
Province of Sinai claims execution of civilian for cooperating with security forces in North Sinai
28 November 2018
kidnappings • 4 min read
Owner, 4 employees of military-contracted construction company kidnapped in North Sinai
20 November 2018
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