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Under control of the Egypt Arab Republic & Multinational Force and Observers; Under control of the Sinai Province ; Under control of Islamists (not ISIL-related, eg. Soldiers of Egypt, Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula, Ansar al-Sharia and Al Furqan Brigades) Under control of Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt
Zamalek (Arabic: الزمالك pronounced [ez.zæˈmæːlek], al zamalek) is a qism (ward) within the West District (hayy gharb) in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. [1] It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma (Blind Canal) cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west ...
The General Security and Central Security Forces (Arabic: قوات الأمن العام و الأمن المركزي, romanized: Quwwāt al-Amn al- Amm wa Quwwāt al-Amn al-Markazī, often shortened to Arabic: الأمن المركزي, romanized: Al-Amn al-Markazī) is an Egyptian paramilitary force which is responsible for assisting the Egyptian National Police (ENP) for the security of ...
This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states. Egyptian victory Egyptian defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Combined military forces of Egypt You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Arabic. (April 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for ...
Pakistani paramilitaries also set up mortar positions on the high ground overlooking the villages. 20 homes suspected of housing Taliban fighters were destroyed. 11 Taliban militants were killed in the fighting. On June 12, the Pakistani army captured the town of Chuprial in a fierce battle. 39 Taliban fighters and 10 Pakistani soldiers were ...
The organization is based in the areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, [7] especially Dir, Swat, Thana and Malakand [6] but including Dargai and Chenagai. It supports the Afghan Taliban, Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda based militants in neighbouring Afghanistan. [8]
These include: Abu Zubaydah, [274] the chief of operations for al-Qaeda; Ramzi bin al-Shibh, [275] the so-called "20th hijacker"; [276] Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.; [277] Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, alleged to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing and leader of ...