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Egypt Sets Up ‘national Council’ To Combat ‘terror’

Egypt has created a "national council" to combat the rise of Islamist "terrorism" which has targeted its security...

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Egypt Kills 30 Extremists In Sinai

Egyptian forces have killed 30 extremists during several days of security operations in the Sinai Peninsula involving...

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Egypt Police Trap and Kill Top Militants

Egyptian police have killed two leaders of the Hasam militia in a shootout after intercepting them as they relocated to...

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Egypt Says 9 Militants Killed In Sinai

Security forces have killed nine militants in the Sinai Peninsula and also destroyed 15 vehicles transporting weapons...

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Egypt Police Probe Motives of Red Sea Beach Attacker

Police on Saturday questioned the suspected jihadist who stabbed to death two German women and wounded four others at a...

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Five Egypt Police Shot Dead Near Capital

Assailants killed five Egyptian policemen in a shooting south of Cairo on Friday, in the latest of a series of attacks...

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Egypt Police Kill 6 IS Sympathisers In Shootout

Egyptian police killed six militants who allegedly adhered to the Islamic State group's beliefs when a gunfight erupted...

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Egypt Military Says 26 Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Sinai Attacks

Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula where...

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Egypt Says 26 Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Sinai Attacks

Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on several checkpoints in Sinai that included...

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Suicide Car Bombers Target Egypt Checkpoint In Sinai

Egyptian security officials said two suicide car bombers on Friday struck a security checkpoint in North Sinai where...

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Israel Says Flights Resume After Aerial Jam

Israel's main international airport returned to normal Monday evening after temporary flight delays, the Israel...

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Egypt Extends State of Emergency

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church bombings in April by...

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Israel Boasts of ‘unimaginable’ Power In Future Lebanon War

The head of Israel's air force said Wednesday that in any future conflict with Lebanon the Jewish state will have...

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Melanoma Patients Who Remove Lymph Nodes Don’t Live Longer

People diagnosed with melanoma who then undergo surgery to have lymph nodes removed near the original tumor site do not...

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Research Questions Whether Israel Considered 1967 Atomic Blast

Research suggesting Israel may have considered detonating an atomic device on the eve of the Six-Day War 50 years ago...

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For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream

Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...

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Six Days That Changed the Face of the Middle East

The Arab-Israeli war of June 1967, or Six-Day War, radically changed the map of the Middle East. Between June 5 and 10,...

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Cold-Blooded Desert Massacre Leaves Egypt’s Copts In Shock

The masked gunmen first ordered the Christians travelling to the Egyptian desert monastery to get down from the buses...

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26 Killed In Fresh Attack On Egypt Christians

Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on...