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Jihadist Nexus That Created Group at Center of Russia Jet Probe
A terrorist bomb is emerging as the most likely explanation for the Russian plane crash in Egypt on Saturday, according to U.S. and British officials. If it turns out to have been the Islamic State affiliate which claimed responsibility, it would surprise few familiar with its rapid rise.
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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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US Intelligence Points to Bomb in Russian Jet Crash: Report
The Russian jet that crashed over Egypt was most likely brought down by a bomb planted by Islamic State or one of its affiliates, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed US official.
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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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At Egypt Crash Scene, Suitcases Piled Near Charred Wreckage
In a desolate area of stony ground, little remains from the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula except its blackened wreckage and a heap of colourful suitcases.
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Islamic State Claims Cairo Courthouse Bomb Which Wounded 29
Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 29 people near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb early on Thursday.
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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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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Rocket Attack on Israel
The Islamic State jihadist group's affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for a rocket attack from the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Friday.
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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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Jihadist Nexus That Created Group at Center of Russia Jet Probe
A terrorist bomb is emerging as the most likely explanation for the Russian plane crash in Egypt on Saturday, according to U.S. and British officials. If it turns out to have been the Islamic State affiliate which claimed responsibility, it would surprise few familiar with its rapid rise.
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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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US Intelligence Points to Bomb in Russian Jet Crash: Report
The Russian jet that crashed over Egypt was most likely brought down by a bomb planted by Islamic State or one of its affiliates, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed US official.
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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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At Egypt Crash Scene, Suitcases Piled Near Charred Wreckage
In a desolate area of stony ground, little remains from the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula except its blackened wreckage and a heap of colourful suitcases.
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Islamic State Claims Cairo Courthouse Bomb Which Wounded 29
Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 29 people near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb early on Thursday.
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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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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Rocket Attack on Israel
The Islamic State jihadist group's affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for a rocket attack from the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Friday.
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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.
