Topic: Sinai Peninsula
Saboteurs bombed an Egyptian gas pipeline in the Sinai peninsula on Monday, sending flames into the sky and cutting supplies to Israel and Jordan, a security official said.Officials said a car had parked near the pipeline in the Bir al-Abd area ...
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A gunbattle between members of Egypt's military and an armed gang in the Sinai Peninsula left one soldier dead Thursday, a source said.An officer and another person were also wounded when the army moved on an unidentified ...
Israel's anti-terrorism unit on Saturday urged the Jewish state's tourists holidaying in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to leave immediately, citing fears of kidnap attempts."Terrorist elements are currently in the Sinai and preparing to abduct Israelis with the aid of ...
The Orient has long held a fascination for westerners, conjuring up exotic images from historic lands where few travellers ventured before the advent of trains and steamboats.As a child in the 1950s French couturier Christian Lacroix recalls the inscription on a ...
The Sinai Peninsula is a triangular piece of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea . A part of Egypt , the Sinai Peninsula was one of the territories captured by Israel during the Six Day War in 1967 .
In the north its Mediterranean coastline is about 620 miles (1,000 km), and in the east its coastline on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km).. From Lake Nasser, the river's ...
The Sinai Peninsula has intrigued pilgrims and scholars for over a century, its unique geographical location has brought Sinai to the limelight of history. From the dawn of civilization the Sinai Peninsula was the link between the two empires of the past ...
Malachite is a popular stone which has dark and light green banded areas, and this patterns give the stone its unique ornamental look unlike that of any other gemstone. It ranges between 3.5 ? 4 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Malachite ...
Egypt said on Wednesday that "Palestinian factions" were behind this week's rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan, apparently implying the rockets were fired from the Sinai peninsula."An official Egyptian source said Palestinian factions from the (Hamas-controlled) Gaza Strip were behind ...
Jordan has proof a Grad-type rocket that struck its port city of Aqaba killing a taxi driver and wounding five other people was fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a senior official told AFP on Tuesday."We can now say without hesitation ...
