The reasons behind President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s unexpected decision to dismiss his Armed Forces’ Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy on October 28 remain unclear, but available information hints at recent tensions between two men who have a history of personal rapport.

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack in Egypt’s history, Sinai tribesmen have begun calling on the government to arm them so they can help counter further such actions. The Nov. 24 bomb and shooting attack — thought to have been carried out by Wilayat Sinai, an Islamic State (IS) affiliate — at a Sufi mosque in the Bedouin village …

The African Union has called on the Egyptian government to repeal the death sentence in 20 new cases.

On two Fridays about a month apart, Egypt faced two of the worst terrorist attacks in its modern history. The attacks typify the diversifying threats this country is facing and highlight how Egypt is emerging as a new jihadi frontier.

It looks like affiliates of the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda could go to war with each other in the Sinai Peninsula, though at this point the battle would be lopsided.

The Egyptian authorities have arrested a former police brigadier for reasons believed to be linked to his criticism of the security forces in the wake of the deadly attack on a mosque in North Sinai last Friday. Brigadier Mahmoud Qutri is now a political and security analyst. No formal charges …

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that 11 militants were killed another six arrested in a shootout with police forces during a raid in Ismailia Governorate aiming to arrest a group of militant leaders with links to North Sinai.

Terrorist group Wilayat Sinai, an Islamic State affiliate, has been infuriated by the rapprochement between Hamas and Egyptian intelligence in the wake of the Palestinian reconciliation reached Oct. 12.

Egyptian and international rights groups filed a criminal complaint with Paris prosecutors over the sale of French surveillance technology to Egypt.

Around 20 Chinese Muslim Uyghur students living in Egypt’s capital Cairo are still missing four months after Egyptian authorities targeted the Chinese ethnic minority at China’s behest.