Life returns to shores of northern Sinai Peninsula

The northern Sinai governorate has opened the beach in Sheikh Zuweid for residents to vacation and picnic for the first time in more than eight years after terrorist operations and the army’s military response to them.
A picture taken on July 11, 2013, shows a deserted beach resort near Nuwaiba on the east coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
A picture taken on July 11, 2013, shows a deserted beach resort near Nuwaiba on the east coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Many camps operated by Bedouin tribes are completely deserted as the number of visitors to the Peninsula has sharply declined due to the unrest riddling the country following the fall of Egypt's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, especially in the most northern parts of the Sinai. - CLEMENS WORTMANN/AFP via Getty Images
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CAIRO — For the first time in eight years following the terrorist attacks that rocked that area and the Egyptian army’s military response, the governorate in northern Sinai decided on July 11 to open the beach in the city of Sheikh Zuweid to residents, allowing access for picnics and leisure activities and prompting scores of vacationers to flock to the shore during the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Terrorism has been rampant in northern Sinai since the departure from power of the Muslim Brotherhood on June 30, 2013, after massive demonstrations against former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, pushing the army to intervene and remove him from power.

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