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Two blasts killed a civilian, injured 16, 3rd blast foiled in Syria’s Azaz city
The first blast took place near the Azaz city market on a crowded day, killing one person and wounding 11 others, while the second bombing went off about an hour later, wounding five people near a mosque close to the first blast, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Al-Azhar condemns deadly Somalia twin blast
At least 18 people killed in Mogadishu after two bombers struck city’s government quarter
Attacked church to be renovated before Coptic Christmas: Armed Forces Engineering Authority
The church attack left dozens dead and injured
Sinai Province blasts government facility in Al-Arish
El-Sabil village local municipality headquarters was blasted after the army used it as base for counter attacks, says resident
IED blast kills three soldiers in Sinai
Three soldiers were killed Wednesday during an attack on an army patrol near Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid. An IED ambush caught the patrol near Al-Wahshi checkpoint. At least one soldier was injured, according to local reports. The army is yet to officially announce its account of the attack. The Sinai Province, affiliated to the “Islamic State” …
2 policemen killed in a blast in Rafah
Two policemen were killed Sunday in an explosion that targeted a police vehicle in Sinai’s Rafah city. At least two other policemen were injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) was ignited by a remote to detonate the vehicle. Sinai residents’ accounts suggested that five policemen were injured. The accurate number of victims is yet …
4 men killed in police raids in Giza and Beni Suef
Security sources say they three of the killed were suspected of being involved in the Haram Street explosion on Thursday
3 men purportedly involved in Haram Street blast killed in police raids in Giza
Security sources say they were suspected of being involved in the Haram Street explosion on Thursday
National Security officer dies of injuries from Giza blast
Death toll rise to 10
Egypt condemns Tunisian bus blast killing 12
Suspected suicide bomber targeted presidential guards in major street
Matariya bomb blast injures 6, several other bombs defused
Among the injured were two army conscripts, while bombs were defused near Ramses Square and Al-Shorouk
Man killed while planting bomb on railway tracks: Interior ministry
Security forces allegedly found three more bombs on the Cairo-Aswan line
Checkpoint blasts kill 15 in northern Iraq: official
AFP – A roadside bomb followed by a suicide bomber detonating an explosives-rigged truck at a police checkpoint in northern Iraq killed 15 people on Monday, a local official said. The official, Shallal Abdul Baban, told AFP the blasts in Tuz Khurmatu also wounded 115 people and caused “great destruction”. The police checkpoint that was …
IEDs injure two children in Giza neighbourhood
The two children accidentally triggered the explosive devices while playing
Race to save trapped miners after Turkey blast kills 232
Most of the deaths have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning
Friday blasts kill 5
Terrorist forces will not affect the peoples’ will to see the ‘roadmap’ through, cabinet says
IED injures 3 in Giza neighbourhood
This is the second explosion of the day in Greater Cairo
IED goes off across the street from Dokki Police Station
Blast injures noncommissioned police officer, conscript
IED goes off across the street from Dokki Police station
Blast injures noncommissioned police officer, conscript
Lebanon IDs Beirut suicide bomber as radical Palestinian
The toll from Wednesday’s double car bombing rose to 11, after a woman died of her wounds
Somalia’s Shebab launch attack on presidential palace
Al-Qaedal-linked Shebab rebels immediately claimed responsibility for huge blast at the perimeter of the central Mogadishu complex
Twin bomb blasts rock Beirut suburb, three dead
The explosions sent a large plume of smoke over the area and Lebanese television showed scenes of widespread destruction.
Blast at school in Libya’s Benghazi wounds 6 children
AFP – A blast rocked a primary school in Libya’s restive second city Benghazi during playtime on Wednesday, wounding six children, security and medical officials said. The blast was caused by an explosive device thrown over the exterior wall of the school as the children were playing, said Fadia al-Barghathi, spokeswoman for Benghazi’s Al-Jala hospital. …
In Pictures: Blast in Ain Shams
A bomb went off next to a police institute in the Ain Shams district in Cairo at 7am Saturday, damaging the institute’s walls but left no injuries. The blast came the morning after a series of bombings targeted police across Cairo on Friday 24 January, leaving six dead. Photos by Ahmed AlMalky
US, EU condemn Egypt bombings
“We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks that took place in Egypt today,” the State Department said
Cabinet’s security committee convenes, Ibrahim present
The meeting comes after four explosions rocked Greater Cairo throughout the day
CCTV footage captured security directorate attack
Police confirmed the authenticity of the CCTV footage aired by media outlets
In Pictures: Friday’s fourth bombing in Giza
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in front of Radobis cinema in Haram Street, Giza, at 5.15pm, reported state TV. The explosion killed one and injured seven at time of writing. AFP Photos
Deadly Cairo blast damages museum
The museum’s collection is going to be evacuated immediately after a forensic inspection
Explosion rocks downtown Cairo
Blast heard in several neigbourhoods