Egyptian Soldiers Killed

One officer and ten Egyptian soldiers were killed after "foiling a terrorist attack" on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal, an army spokesman said on Saturday.

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in northern Sinai on Friday, security sources said

Egypt's military launched air strikes against terrorists targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after the ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint.

A bomb explosion killed an Egyptian colonel and three soldiers in North Sinai on Wednesday as their armoured vehicle passed by, security officials and emergency services said.

Dozens of people were killed today in a wave of unprecedented attacks by the Islamic State group on Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, in a major challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed in simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the most sustained fighting of its kind in years in the restive province.

At least 30 people were killed when Islamist militants attacked several checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today, security and medical sources said, in one of the biggest coordinated assaults yet in the insurgency-hit province.

Egyptian authorities hanged six men convicted of killing soldiers Sunday, police said, ignoring appeals to spare them amid allegations two of them had been in custody at the time of their alleged crimes.

A roadside bomb claimed by the Islamic State group killed three Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula today, medical and security officials said.

Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.

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.

At least five Egyptian soldiers were killed today after militants attacked two checkpoints in North Sinai where the army is battling the local branch of the Islamic State group, police said.

A roadside bomb killed two Egyptian soldiers today during a patrol near the town of Sheikh Zuweid, medical and security sources said, the latest in a string of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and the Suez Canal.

A roadside bomb struck an Egyptian army vehicle late Thursday killing an officer and a soldier in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said.

Egypt's deadliest militant group, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State jihadists, on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack last month that killed 30 soldiers.

One officer and ten Egyptian soldiers were killed after "foiling a terrorist attack" on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal, an army spokesman said on Saturday.

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in northern Sinai on Friday, security sources said

Egypt's military launched air strikes against terrorists targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after the ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint.

A bomb explosion killed an Egyptian colonel and three soldiers in North Sinai on Wednesday as their armoured vehicle passed by, security officials and emergency services said.

Dozens of people were killed today in a wave of unprecedented attacks by the Islamic State group on Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, in a major challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed in simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the most sustained fighting of its kind in years in the restive province.

At least 30 people were killed when Islamist militants attacked several checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today, security and medical sources said, in one of the biggest coordinated assaults yet in the insurgency-hit province.

Egyptian authorities hanged six men convicted of killing soldiers Sunday, police said, ignoring appeals to spare them amid allegations two of them had been in custody at the time of their alleged crimes.

A roadside bomb claimed by the Islamic State group killed three Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula today, medical and security officials said.

Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.

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.

At least five Egyptian soldiers were killed today after militants attacked two checkpoints in North Sinai where the army is battling the local branch of the Islamic State group, police said.

A roadside bomb killed two Egyptian soldiers today during a patrol near the town of Sheikh Zuweid, medical and security sources said, the latest in a string of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and the Suez Canal.

A roadside bomb struck an Egyptian army vehicle late Thursday killing an officer and a soldier in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said.

Egypt's deadliest militant group, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State jihadists, on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack last month that killed 30 soldiers.