BREAKING NEWS

Armed men seize military vehicle in Egypt's Sinai

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 14, 2012 20:43

ISMAILIA - Armed men seized a military vehicle on Sunday in the city of al-Arish in Egypt's Sinai, where the Egyptian army has launched a security crackdown against Islamists.

The armed men riding a pick-up truck stopped the army car in al-Arish, the administrative center of North Sinai, forced out an officer and a soldier then drove into the desert.

Disorder has spread in Sinai since former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising last year, with Islamist terrorists stepping up attacks on security forces and the Israeli border. Egypt's new President, Mohamed Mursi, has vowed to restore order.

Egyptian forces began two months ago their biggest security crackdown in decades after militants killed 16 border guards in the deadliest attack there since Egypt's 1973 war with Israel.

But efforts to impose central authority in the lawless desert region are complicated by the indigenous Beduin population's ingrained hostility to the government in Cairo.

Pentagon chief Austin discusses Iran, Gaza aid with Gallant

By REUTERS

04/19/2024 03:29 AM

Russian air defence intercepts 25 airborne targets over Belgorod region

By REUTERS

04/19/2024 02:03 AM

US officials say Ukraine will get weapons in weeks once aid approved

By REUTERS

04/19/2024 01:07 AM

Saudi Arabia placed this condition on normalization with Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/18/2024 10:34 PM