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A correspondent in Sinai

A correspondent in Sinai

فبراير 3, 2015

Egyptian soldiers stand guard at an army checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt, January 31, 2015. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that Egypt faces a long, hard battle against militancy, days after one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in years. On Thursday night, four separate attacks on security forces in North Sinai were among the worst in the country in years. Islamic State's Egyptian wing, Sinai Province, claimed the killing of at least 30 soldiers and police officers. REU

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Egyptian residents and emergency personnel gather at the site of a car bomb explosion that targeted a police station in North Sinai's provincial capital of El-Arish on April 12, 2015. The bombing came hours after a roadside blast targeted an army vehicle killing at least six soldiers and wounding two in the peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Sinai security stymied by continued terrorist attacks

A correspondent in Sinai

A correspondent in Sinai

Residents and tourists watch as smoke raises near a state security building after a blast in South Sinai October 7, 2013. Medical sources said three were killed and 48 injured in the blast near the state security building in South Sinai. A witness said it was caused by a car bomb. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX142T0

After joining IS, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis expands in Egypt

A correspondent in Sinai

A correspondent in Sinai

An Egyptian military helicopter flies over the conference centre hosting the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, March 14, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS TRANSPORT MILITARY) - RTR4TCPP

Egypt’s security forces look to cooperate with Bedouin

A correspondent in Sinai

A correspondent in Sinai

Egyptian Coptic Christians sit in the courtyard of the Evangelical Church in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya on February 24, 2017, upon arriving to take refuge from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.
Dozens of Coptic Christians have left Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after a string of jihadist attacks killed three Christians in the restive province, church officials said. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Why is IS targeting Copts in Sinai?

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics