Arab-language news reports and social media indicate an increasing presence of supporters of the terrorist organization ISIS within the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the terrorist organization that runs Gaza, has denied (Arabic link) any ISIS presence in the Gaza Strip itself, and rejects that it has any possible connection to the other organization. But Arab...

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The ultra-conservative Salafist Front, an Islamist political organization, has called for a “Muslim revolution” (Arabic link) across Egypt on Friday, November 28 in order to “impose Islamic identity without disguise” and to “impose Islamic sharia” law. The Salafist Front, formed after the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak, also demands...

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday formally endorsed the designation of 82 organizations as terror groups, in line with its federal law on combating terrorism, Al- Arabiya TV reported. A list of the designated organizations, published by the country’s state-run WAM news agency, includes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the organization’s local...

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The Egyptian military said that one of its navy vessels came under a terrorist attack in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday, leaving eight servicemen missing at sea and presumed dead, and another five wounded. Four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and more than 30 of the suspected fighters were...

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Egyptian security reports (Arabic link) revealed that Hamas is spending $140 million a year to dig terror tunnels. According to the reports, no less than 12,000 Palestinians, many of them children, take part in the process of building the tunnels. These tunnels are used to smuggle weapons and materials used...

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Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant organization, and Ansar al-Sharia Bayt al-Maqdis, a Salafi jihadist group in the Gaza Strip, have both sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, statements from the two groups said on Monday. In a video broadcast on the Internet, the Gazan Ansar al-Sharia Bayt al-Maqdis...

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The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) posted a video on Thursday, which is embedded below, of Coptic Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris supporting the import of natural gas from Israel. In the transcript, Sawiris points out that Egypt used to export natural gas to Israel. [Egypt] suffers from severe...

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Egypt’s leaders should declare Hamas, Qatar and Turkey “hostile entities” and cut off all political and diplomatic relations with them, according to a senior military expert. The comments were made by Maj.-Gen. Ahmed Rajai, founder of the Egyptian Armed Forces 777 Division for combating terrorism, in the wake of coordinated...

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Egypt on Tuesday announced that it would create a 500 meter buffer zone along the border between the country’s Sinai Peninsula and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, a few days after coordinated attacks on Egyptian positions in the territory killed at least 33 soldiers. Residents in the area were ordered out...

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Residents of Egypt’s border with Gaza were given 48 hours to evacuate their homes on Tuesday. In response to a terror attack that occurred last Friday, Egypt plans to dismantle homes and build a buffer zone in the area to prevent infiltrations from the Hamas-ruled territory. The  Associated Press (AP) reports:...

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