North Sinai

Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.

Gunmen who attacked a mosque in North Sinai were carrying an ISIS flag, Egyptian officials said on Saturday as the state news agency reported the death toll had risen to 305, including 27 children.

Terrorists killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down fleeing worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt's modern history, state media and witnesses said.

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, killing at least 184 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent memory, state media reported.

At least 155 people were killed and dozens more wounded when terrorists set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said.

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, wounding at least 75 people, health and police officials said.

Five policemen were today killed by ISIS terrorist in Egypt's restive city of Al-Arish in North Sinai when they were traveling back to their units.

A mortar attack on a security checkpoint in Egyptian restive North Sinai's El-Arish city killed 13 policemen on Saturday.

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.

Islamic State group suicide bombers killed four people, including a judge, in an assault today on a North Sinai hotel hosting judges overseeing Egypt's parliamentary polls, the government and jihadists said.

A car bomb exploded outside a hotel housing election judges in Egypt's North Sinai today, killing at least three people and injuring 14, security and medical sources said.

Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.

Two Egyptian policemen have been shot dead in the bastion of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by the terrorists Sunday.

Gunmen killed two Egyptian policemen today in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State group jihadists.

Egypt extended a state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula for three months, as a roadside bomb wounded 18 policemen today in the insurgency-wracked region, security officials said.

Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.

Gunmen who attacked a mosque in North Sinai were carrying an ISIS flag, Egyptian officials said on Saturday as the state news agency reported the death toll had risen to 305, including 27 children.

Terrorists killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down fleeing worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt's modern history, state media and witnesses said.

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, killing at least 184 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent memory, state media reported.

At least 155 people were killed and dozens more wounded when terrorists set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said.

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, wounding at least 75 people, health and police officials said.

Five policemen were today killed by ISIS terrorist in Egypt's restive city of Al-Arish in North Sinai when they were traveling back to their units.

A mortar attack on a security checkpoint in Egyptian restive North Sinai's El-Arish city killed 13 policemen on Saturday.

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.

Islamic State group suicide bombers killed four people, including a judge, in an assault today on a North Sinai hotel hosting judges overseeing Egypt's parliamentary polls, the government and jihadists said.

A car bomb exploded outside a hotel housing election judges in Egypt's North Sinai today, killing at least three people and injuring 14, security and medical sources said.

Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.

Two Egyptian policemen have been shot dead in the bastion of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by the terrorists Sunday.

Gunmen killed two Egyptian policemen today in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State group jihadists.

Egypt extended a state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula for three months, as a roadside bomb wounded 18 policemen today in the insurgency-wracked region, security officials said.