Israeli, Norwegian Tourists Kidnapped in Egyptian Sinai - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohamed Fadel Fahmy

Mohamed Fadel Fahmy

Mar 22, 2013

An Israeli soldier stands near the border fence between Israel and Egypt as African would-be immigrants sit on the other side near the Israeli village of Be'er Milcha September 6, 2012. Israel ruled out entry on Wednesday for 20 Africans, whom Israeli media said were from Eritrea and included at least one woman and child, who have camped on its desert border with Egypt for almost a week, part of a crackdown on migrants who walk across the porous frontier. The fence along the 260 km (160 mile)-long frontier — An Israeli soldier stands near the border fence between Israel and Egypt as African would-be immigrants sit on the other side near the Israeli village of Be'er Milcha, Sept. 6, 2012. — REUTERS/ Nir Elias

Tunisian officials kidnapped by armed militia at the Tunisian Consulate in the Libyan captial, Tripoli, arrive at Aouina military airport in Tunis on June 19, 2015, following a week-long captivity. Tunisia said it was shutting its consulate in conflict-hit Libya as the 10 staffers who were abducted were released and heading home. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)

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The private beach of Habiba Beach Camp in the Red Sea town Newiba, one of South Sinai's most popular destinations, has been empty for the past six months.

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Bedouin tribesmen attend a tribal council tribunal, where Islamic Sharia laws, instead of tribal customary ones which were commonly used before, are used to resolve disputes between tribes, in Sheikh Zowyyed city, North Sinai, May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTXZLE6

Sinai Tribes Reject Morsi’s Call To Surrender Weapons

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An army check point is seen in El-Arish city, in North Sinai July 15, 2013. At least three people were killed and 17 wounded when suspected militants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a bus carrying workers in Egypt's North Sinai province early on Monday, security and medical sources said. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTX11NAD

The Jihadist Threat in Egypt's Sinai

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