Egypt

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18 Feb

CAIRO (Reuters) - A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency in the biggest Arab nation.

The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed two South Korean tourists and an Egyptian on Sunday, made the statement on an affiliated Twitter account.

"We recommend tourists to get out safely before the expiry of the deadline," read the tweet, written in English, which Egypt's prime minister said on Tuesday aimed to undermine the political process begun after an army takeover in July.

http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-militants-warn-tourists-leave-country-face-attack-095100950.html;_ylt=AnZbU.wZ4eeFyl.QnjWoWdrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBscmh1bTJtBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM4BHNlYwNzcg--

 

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17 February 2014

Islamist militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has said it carried out a deadly bomb attack on a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Sunday.

The group warned it was part of its "economic war" against the current Egyptian authorities, which it described as "traitors".

Three South Koreans and an Egyptian were killed in the attack.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26236858

 

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(Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned all Hamas activities in Egypt in another sign that the military-backed government aims to squeeze the Palestinian Islamist group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip.

Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which the authorities have declared a terrorist group and which they have repressed systematically since the army ousted one of its leaders, Mohamed Mursi, from the presidency in July.

"The court has ordered the banning of Hamas's work and activities in Egypt," the judge, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/us-egypt-hamas-idUSBREA230F520140304