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Sixteen militants are killed in two different raids in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. A number of weapons and explosives are also found in the raids.
2019-02-19

Egypt, citing humanitarian reasons, opens the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula for three days.
2018-04-12

As a temporary security measure, effective Saturday, Russia bans incoming flights by Egypt's state-owned airline, EgyptAir, two weeks after an apparent terrorist bomb downed a Russian jet in the Sinai.
2015-11-13

Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days.
2015-07-2

Egypt declares a three month state of emergency for parts of the Sinai Peninsula after at least 31 soldiers are killed in two attacks there.
2014-10-25

An Egyptian army helicopter kills 15 militants in the Sinai Peninsula.
2013-09-3

Rockets originating from the Egyptian-administrated Sinai Peninsula strike parts of southern Israel.
2012-11-19

Two American tourists who were kidnapped in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on 13 July 2012 are freed.
2012-07-16

Rockets fired from Gaza, reportedly aiming for Israel, land in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt during the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
2011-08-21

Saboteurs bomb an Egyptian pipeline at Nagah in the Sinai Peninsula delivering gas to Israel and Jordan.
2011-07-4