Sinai

Bus accident killed 21, left several wounded in Egypt's South Sinai, health ministry says

According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, the accident happened on Egypt's Dahab-Nuweibaa road in South Sinai.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view shows a main road in the heart of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 9, 2025. Ilustrative.
Remains of building believed to be a caravansai (inn) at the previously lost city of Asila in Egypt, August 28, 2026.

Egypt unearths Mamluk-era pilgrim’s inn belonging to lost city along historic Sinai trade route

The discovery at Asila opens a window into the trade network connected Egypt with the Arabian Peninsula, said Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Ancient lintel found in Tell Abu Saifi archaeological site pointing to lost city of Mesn, August 28, 2026.

Archaeologists find Ramesses II inscription in Sinai pointing to Egypt’s lost city of Mesn

Alongside the lintel, archaeologists unearthed the remains of a temple believed to have been destroyed by the Romans during the legion’s quarrying efforts.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Israelis hike at Nahal Hava in the Negev, southern Israel, January 30, 2026; Illustrative.

Tremors felt in southern Israel after magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Egypt, no damage reported

The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4 and hit at a depth of 6 miles, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sinai hotel worker suspected of sexually assaulting 10 year-old Israeli

OCTOBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tourist takes a photo at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the South Sinai governorate July 11, 2012

A place where Abraham’s children Isaac and Ishmael are mishpacha

Celebrating Sukkot in Sinai

OCTOBER 13, 2019ByGIL ZOHAR
CAMELS AND DOGS are among the more domesticated animals one sees in the Sinai

Israeli detained with bullets in guitar case

Israel's consul-general in Cairo, Dudu Ben-Kalifa, and the Foreign Ministry's consular division dealt with the issue.

OCTOBER 7, 2019ByHERB KEINON
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Gov’t advises against Tishrei trips to Sinai, Turkey

Israelis need to be wary of travel to ¼ of world’s countries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019ByHERB KEINON
THE SINAI Desert.

Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Sinai, sources say

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq agency, saying five members of the security forces were killed or injured.

JULY 18, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants

IAF struck many Iranian weapons trucks in Sinai headed for Gaza - report

An Islamist insurgency in the desolate, thinly populated Sinai Peninsula has increased in violence and pace since the Egyptian military toppled President Mohammed Morsi.

JULY 4, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN, ANNA AHRONHEIM
IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

Inside Intelligence: ‘Israel-Egypt cooperation key to beating back ISIS in Sinai’

Ex-US counterterrorism chief Nick Rasmussen talks to the ‘Post’ about regional threats, cooperation with Israeli intelligence and redefining international terrorism

JUNE 28, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel

Egyptian forces kill 14 suspected militants after attack in Sinai

The deaths raise to 19 the number of militants killed since the attack near the North Sinai provincial capital of al-Arish early on Wednesday, which Islamic State claimed responsibility for.

JUNE 6, 2019ByREUTERS
EGYPTIAN SECURITY officials inspect the site of a bomb blast targeted at soldiers on the highway between El-Arish and the border town of Rafah, in the troubled northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, in 2015

Militant attack in Sinai kills 8 Egyptian security personnel

Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news agency, saying 10 police personnel were killed at two checkpoints.

JUNE 5, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants

Human Rights Watch: Egyptian forces commit war crimes in Sinai

The report accused security forces of arbitrary arrests including children, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings, collective punishment and forced evictions.

MAY 28, 2019ByREUTERS
An Egyptian military vehicle is seen on the highway in northern Sinai, Egypt, May 25, 2015.