WASHINGTON — At a seminar, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said Egypt was struggling to eliminate Al Qaida from Sinai. In an address to the Washington Institute for (more…)
CAIRO — A Western-sponsored rebel coalition in Syria has been linked to a plot to conduct attacks on the eve of presidential elections in Egypt. Security sources said the (more…)
CAIRO — Algeria has reported an enhancement of border security amid an Al Qaida offensive. Officials said the regime of President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika ordered a coordinated effort to (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt has reported the capture of more than 100 fighters from the Al Qaida-aligned Ansar Beit Maqdis. Officials said security forces have captured and interrogated 102 suspected (more…)
ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported foiling a major Al Qaida plot against the government as well as allied countries. Officials said the Saudi intelligence community detected and (more…)
CAIRO — Algeria has reported an influx of foreign recruits for Al Qaida. Officials said the Algerian intelligence community has detected the infiltration of foreign fighters directed by Al (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt has intensified its monitoring of the Islamist media. Officials said the Interior Ministry has joined the intelligence community to monitor social media and other websites linked (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt faces the prospect of coordinated bombings. Al Qaida-aligned militias were said to have reached a new capability in its campaign against Egypt’s military-backed regime. Security sources (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has reported the capture of a Hamas military network in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency said it located and dismantled a Hamas military (more…)
