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Ansar Beit al-Maqdes • 12 min read

The fall of Hesham Ashmawy: A journey that began in Egypt and ended in Libya

Omar Said | Notorious militant Hesham Ashmawy was captured in a security raid by the Libyan National Army

9 October 2018

Province of Sinai • 32 min read

The tales of Palestinian fighters in Sinai

Omar Said | And how Gazan fighters started flocking to Egypt

1 December 2017

Arish • 7 min read

The perils of taking a bus to work in Sinai

Mourad Higazy | 2 accounts form North Sinai reveal the unpredictability of daily life amid conflict

26 September 2017

Operation Martyr's Rights • 18 min read

14 days of a storm in July: Recounting what happened in Arish

Mourad Higazy | Arish residents speak of their confusion and fear during an intense security crackdown and loss of communication

29 August 2017

Islamist Militant attacks on Copts • 7 min read

Nabil Saber: A displaced Copt killed over a stamp

Basma Mostafa | Nabil Saber was shot after returning to Arish to obtain a stamp for his son's academic record

11 May 2017

North Sinai • 7 min read

Province of Sinai claims responsibility for attack targeting Tarabin tribesmen

Mai Shams El-Din | The attack marks the most recent development in ongoing tensions between the tribe and Province of Sinai

29 April 2017

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 13 min read

3 questions raised by the Islamic State’s alleged involvement in the church bombing

Omar Said | What does this signify about the group's Egypt operations?

17 December 2016

Islamic State • 5 min read

Is the Popular Resistance back from hiatus?

Mohamed Hamama | Hours after eight policemen were killed in Helwan on Sunday morning, two different militant groups claimed

9 May 2016

Ajnad Misr • 9 min read

Punishing the state: The rise of urban militant cells

Mai Shams El-Din | On April 14, most of Egypt’s satellite channels went down after two electricity grids feeding Cairo’s Media

10 June 2015

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Arish • 3 min read

Militant presence west of Arish continues as armed men set up temporary roadblock

22 October 2018

Al-Mourabitoun • 3 min read

Ashmawy confession leads to mass grave containing bodies of prominent militants

16 October 2018

militant groups • 4 min read

Police announce death of 3 members of militant group Hassm

9 February 2018

militant groups • 4 min read

Egypt-based militant group responds to UK blacklisting: ‘The UK is the terrorist’

24 December 2017

militant groups • 4 min read

UK lists Hassm and Lewaa al-Thawra as ‘terrorist organizations’

22 December 2017

Hassm • 3 min read

Hassm claims responsibility of alleged Myanmar Embassy bombing in Cairo, Embassy denies

1 October 2017

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