In the interest of exploring the complex relationship between threat and response, TIMEP presents Egypt Security Watch—the only such project to offer original content on the security situation in Egypt as a whole. With this project, we hope to dig deeper than causal explanations for the proliferation of terror violence and to make sense of the ways in which Egypt’s war on terror has and has not been effective. Through our unique efforts to aggregate the most up-to-date and comprehensive data and contextual analysis, we explore not only the dialectic relationship of terror acts and state response, but also the larger political landscape in which these developments occur. This is a live project, meaning we will continue to monitor reports from the ground, work with our network of experts, and track media from state and violent actors, constantly revising our content to provide the most accurate and timely information.
Over the past three weeks, about 140 Coptic Christian families fled the city of Arish. The…
Ansar al-Islam is ideologically aligned with al-Qaeda and may be connected to Hisham Ashmawy, founder of…
Al-Morabitoon is likely based in Derna, Libya. Its leader, Hisham Ashmawy, is believed to have been…
In at least three counter-terrorism raids reported across Egypt, the Ministry of Interior killed at least…
In its weekly al-Naba newsletter, the Islamic State reported that its Sinai branch had carried out…
A 27-year-old woman was killed in Sheikh Zuweid in a continuing trend of fatalities and injuries…
This report outlines trends and developments that have taken place in the past five years of…
A group of armed assailants attacked worshipers at a mosque in North Sinai’s Rawda village on…
A convoy of Egyptian security personnel was overcome by militants near Bahariya Oasis. The attack was…