Friday’s bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province is the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks targeting the state in recent years.
The attack killed at least 250 worshippers attending Friday prayers at Al-Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, near Al-Arish city.
It is one of the deadliest attacks of its kind since an IslamistRead more
At least 235 people were killed and 109 injured in a terrorist attack on a mosque in North Sinai, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi vowed to respond to with “brute force.”
The Egyptian Air Force targeted the vehicles of the attackers during their escape and killed at least 15 armed men suspected of carrying out the assault.
In theRead more
Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, killing at least 115 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent memory, state media reported.
A bomb explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish before gunmen opened fire onRead more