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The Sinai insurgency was an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, launched by Islamist militants against Egyptian security forces, which also included attacks on civilians. [44] The insurgency began during the Egyptian Crisis, during which the longtime Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. [45]
Memorial plaques for divers killed in the hole, left by families and friends at the site Technical diver passing under the Arch.. The Blue Hole itself is no more dangerous than any other Red Sea dive site but diving through the Arch, a submerged tunnel, which lies within the Blue Hole site, is an extreme dive that has resulted in many accidents and fatalities.
The city of Sheikh Zuweid in Sinai. On 1 July 2015, the IS-affiliated Sinai Province militant group launched the largest scale battle the Sinai Peninsula has seen since the 1973 Yom Kippur War , [ 4 ] killing 21 soldiers in the numerous attacks which targeted multiple Egyptian army checkpoints and the Sheikh Zuweid police station in the Sinai ...
The Islamic State – Sinai Province (IS-SP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية سيناء, al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayah Sīnāʼ) [10] was a branch of the jihadist organization Islamic State that was active in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Within three days, Israel had occupied most of the Sinai Peninsula. Following the Israeli capture and occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt launched the War of Attrition (1967–1970) aimed at forcing Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula. The war saw protracted conflict in the Suez Canal Zone, ranging from limited to large scale combat.
But there’s no real reason, besides bureaucratic stubbornness, why the Half Dome cables need to be so dangerous. It’s a wonder more people haven’t died. It’s a wonder more people haven’t ...
The Egyptian Armed Forces are engaged in a difficult and sustained military campaign to subdue and eliminate dangerous and violent extremists from the Northern Sinai Peninsula. These extremists pose a dangerous threat to the people of the Sinai, the security of Egypt, and to the stability of the broader Middle East region. The fight against ...
Five people have died in the rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach County’s coast since Nov. 1.. The two most recent: A 15-year-old boy and a 55-year-old man, one in Boynton Beach ...