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With Loss Of Caliphate, ISIS Could Turn Even More Reckless And Radical
The brazen attack on worshipers at an Egyptian mosque early Friday showed the ability of the Islamic State's regional affiliates to inflict death and exact revenge for the loss of the group's main enclaves in Iraq and Syria.
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It Used To Be A Busy Egyptian Resort. Then An Airplane Fell From The Sky.
During the last Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, this stunning Red Sea resort town was crowded with tourists from all around the world. During the same festival season last week, the beaches were half-filled, and hotel occupancy rates were low. At night, on the seaside promenade, restaurants and bars were largely empty. Some were closed.
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Germany Urges Travellers to Avoid Sinai, Contact Travel Operators
Germany's Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged travellers to Egypt to avoid the Sinai Peninsula and, noting suspensions to some airlines' services to Sharm el-Sheikh, urged those affected to contact their tour operators or airlines.
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Islamic State Affiliate in Egypt Insists it Brought Down Russian Plane
Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate dismissed in an audio message today doubts that it had downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all aboard, and said it would tell the world how it did so in its own time.
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Islamic State Says in Broadcast That It Killed Croatian Hostage
The militant group Islamic State said in an audio broadcast today that its Egyptian affiliate had killed a Croatian hostage, a day after a photograph of a beheaded corpse purported to be that of the Croat was circulated by the group's supporters.
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IS Threatens to Execute Croatian Abducted in Egypt: Video
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened today to execute within 48 hours a Croatian man kidnapped in Cairo last month if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Egypt Judges, Prosecutor in Sinai
Gunmen killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate, officials said.
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Islamic State Egypt Branch Claims Deadly Sinai Attacks
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for deadly attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 15 soldiers and two civilians.
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Court orders closure of Al-Jazeera Egypt, Brotherhood TV
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered Al-Jazeera's local affiliate to stop broadcasting along with three other stations known for their coverage of Islamist protests, saying that they had operated illegally, the state news agency said.
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With Loss Of Caliphate, ISIS Could Turn Even More Reckless And Radical
The brazen attack on worshipers at an Egyptian mosque early Friday showed the ability of the Islamic State's regional affiliates to inflict death and exact revenge for the loss of the group's main enclaves in Iraq and Syria.
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It Used To Be A Busy Egyptian Resort. Then An Airplane Fell From The Sky.
During the last Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, this stunning Red Sea resort town was crowded with tourists from all around the world. During the same festival season last week, the beaches were half-filled, and hotel occupancy rates were low. At night, on the seaside promenade, restaurants and bars were largely empty. Some were closed.
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Germany Urges Travellers to Avoid Sinai, Contact Travel Operators
Germany's Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged travellers to Egypt to avoid the Sinai Peninsula and, noting suspensions to some airlines' services to Sharm el-Sheikh, urged those affected to contact their tour operators or airlines.
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Islamic State Affiliate in Egypt Insists it Brought Down Russian Plane
Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate dismissed in an audio message today doubts that it had downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all aboard, and said it would tell the world how it did so in its own time.
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Islamic State Says in Broadcast That It Killed Croatian Hostage
The militant group Islamic State said in an audio broadcast today that its Egyptian affiliate had killed a Croatian hostage, a day after a photograph of a beheaded corpse purported to be that of the Croat was circulated by the group's supporters.
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IS Threatens to Execute Croatian Abducted in Egypt: Video
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened today to execute within 48 hours a Croatian man kidnapped in Cairo last month if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Egypt Judges, Prosecutor in Sinai
Gunmen killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate, officials said.
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Islamic State Egypt Branch Claims Deadly Sinai Attacks
The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for deadly attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 15 soldiers and two civilians.
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Court orders closure of Al-Jazeera Egypt, Brotherhood TV
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered Al-Jazeera's local affiliate to stop broadcasting along with three other stations known for their coverage of Islamist protests, saying that they had operated illegally, the state news agency said.
