| 5,964,898 |
30.02326 |
31.23931 |
Egypt |
|
Dozens stood in solidarity with Al-Azhar critic Islam El-Beheiry on one of his appeal trial sessions at the Zeinhom court on 4 January. Protesters denounced his trial as they carried signs describing Al-Azhar as the "prison of enlightened thought", while others said "Islam did not despise the Quran or Islam". |
| 5,964,901 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Dozens of reward preachers in the Ministry of Religious Endowments who work without permanent contracts and the attendant financial security protested on 5 January in front of the Press Syndicate, demanding to be permanently hired. |
| 5,964,906 |
29.07441 |
31.09785 |
Egypt |
|
Unidentified assailants shot dead a police officer in the UpperEgyptprovince of Beni Suef as he was on his way home. A citizen was also injured in the incident as he was crossing the site of the shooting to get to his car. No militant group has declared responsibility for the attack yet. |
| 5,964,910 |
31.1261 |
33.8019 |
Egypt |
|
Egyptian army forces killed 11 Islamist militants and arrested two suspects in the context of the "Martyr's Right" military operation in northern and central areas in Sinai. |
| 5,964,914 |
31.1261 |
33.8019 |
Egypt |
|
At least 14 Islamist militants were killed and 13 others arrested by the Egyptian Armed Forces in the North Sinai province. Operations were conducted in North Sinai's Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities. The forces also managed to dismantle 16 explosive devices that have been planted on the roads to target security men. Fatalities divided between three events (5 fatalities recorded in Al Arish, 5 in Rafah and 4 in Sheikh Zuweyid). |
| 5,964,918 |
29.99313 |
31.1309 |
Egypt |
|
A gang of around 15 people hurled fireworks and fired birdshot at police guarding a hotel in Giza's Haram district on 7 January where Arab Israelis were staying without hurting anyone. Unknown assailants had gathered outside the hotel and carried out the attack, which it said targeted police guarding the hotel, who fired back. Associated Press International reported that an Egyptian Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for an attack on the hotel near the Giza Pyramids, and that after throwing Molotov cocktails, the attackers "started firing at the hotel with live bullets." |
| 5,964,922 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
|
At least 14 Islamist militants were killed and 13 others arrested by the Egyptian Armed Forces in the North Sinai province. Operations were conducted in North Sinai's Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities. The forces also managed to dismantle 16 explosive devices that have been planted on the roads to target security men. Fatalities divided between three events (5 fatalities recorded in Al Arish, 5 in Rafah and 4 in Sheikh Zuweyid). |
| 5,964,926 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
At least 14 Islamist militants were killed and 13 others arrested by the Egyptian Armed Forces in the North Sinai province. Operations were conducted in North Sinai's Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities. The forces also managed to dismantle 16 explosive devices that have been planted on the roads to target security men. Fatalities divided between three events (5 fatalities recorded in Al Arish, 5 in Rafah and 4 in Sheikh Zuweyid). |
| 5,964,931 |
30.58768 |
31.502 |
Egypt |
|
The police killed three militants in Sharqiya province north of the capital Cairo during fire exchange while arresting them for an attempted assassination of a university official. Investigations showed that the three militants were two college students and an electrician in their late 20s and 30s, who failed to gun down a university official in December . |
| 5,964,934 |
31.1261 |
33.8019 |
Egypt |
|
The Egyptian branch of the Islamic State group blew up a gas pipeline that supplies the northern Sinai city of Al-Arish city and a nearby industrial military complex. Explosives were used to target the pipeline in the Al-Midan area, about 15 km from the entrance of Arish city. |
