July 16, 2015
By Tom Batchelor
By Tom Batchelor
Extra armed guards (click here) have been drafted in to the resorts of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada after 50 Egyptian government troops were slaughtered in the latest escalation of ISIS-linked violence in North Africa.
The security advice for British tourists visiting Egypt follows warnings about the safety of hotspots in Turkey and Tunisia - all hugely-popular with British families during the summer months.
ISIS attacked more than a dozen military bases in the Sinai province on Wednesday, killing Egyptian soldiers in a series of coordinated attacks.
The fighters used a rocket propelled grenade to attack a police station and claimed to have taken parts of Sheikh Zuweid, a town just four hours' drive - or 250 miles - from Sharm El Sheikh....
I think Russia has a very real reason for it's entrance to the battle to end Daesh in the Middle East. Evidently, attacking helpless citizens is a real accomplishment for Daesh.
October 31, 2015
I think Russia has a very real reason for it's entrance to the battle to end Daesh in the Middle East. Evidently, attacking helpless citizens is a real accomplishment for Daesh.
October 31, 2015
Cairo (AFP) - The Islamic State group's (click here) affiliate in Egypt has claimed it downed the Russian passenger plane that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where the jihadists are waging an insurgency, killing all on board.
"The soldiers of the caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai," said the statement circulated on social media.
Daesh isn't defeating a military, it is defeating an airliner of innocent people. What do they expect, obedience to their idea of god? These dead people already worshiped god.
Egyptian officials said the 7-person crew and 214 of the passengers and all of the crew were Russian and that three of the passengers were Ukrainian, RT.com reports. The victims included 17 children, aged 2 to 17, according to Russian authorities.
Daesh isn't defeating a military, it is defeating an airliner of innocent people. What do they expect, obedience to their idea of god? These dead people already worshiped god.
Egyptian officials said the 7-person crew and 214 of the passengers and all of the crew were Russian and that three of the passengers were Ukrainian, RT.com reports. The victims included 17 children, aged 2 to 17, according to Russian authorities.
