Egypt’s Christians flee terror in north Sinai security void
By Brian Rohan – Associated Press – After Islamic militants barged into his uncle’s house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set it on fire, Said Sameh Adel [...]
Christians flee Sinai Peninsula in fear of Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate
By Sudarsan Raghavan – The Washington Post – Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as the Islamic State affiliate there has increasingly targeted the [...]
Copts exit al-Arish
By Nader Shukry – Watani International – In the wake of the killing of six Copts throughout the last three weeks in the North Sinai town of al-Arish, and the repeated threats sent [...]
Christian killed in Sinai, sixth in a month: Egypt officials
By Egypt Independent – Egyptian security officials say suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian inside his home in northern Sinai, the sixth such killing in a [...]
Christian Father Shot in Head, Son Burned Alive Days After ISIS Affiliate Calls Believers ‘Prey’
By Stoyan Saimov – The Christian Post – A Coptic Christian man was shot in the head while his son was burned alive in El-Arish, North Sinai, just days after Islamic State-affiliates [...]
Militants kill 2 Christians in Sinai
By Egypt Independent – Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days after an Islamic State affiliate [...]
Seeking to secure Sinai, Egypt builds closer ties with Hamas
By Reuters – After years of strained relations, Egypt is moving closer to Hamas in Gaza, offering concessions on trade and free movement in return for moves to secure the border against [...]
Options for Sinai Copts: Leave or die
By Nader Shukry – Watani International – The figures are staggering: In just two weeks, four Copts were killed on identity in separate incidents in the North Sinai town of al-Arish. [...]
Egypt official: Suspected militants kill Christian in Sinai
By Fox News – An Egyptian security chief says suspected Islamic militants have gunned down a Coptic Christian teacher on his way to school in northern Sinai. It’s the second incident [...]
Islamic State in Egypt beheads Sinai clerics mistaken for priests
By Associated Press –WP The Islamic State affiliate in Egypt says it has beheaded two men that it mistakenly described in a statement as priests, but were later identified by locals as leading [...]
