Calling a coup a coup on Facebook can lead to a 10 month jail sentence in Tunisia, as was the experience of MP Yassine Ayyari, who was convicted this February for insulting the president and the army in an online post. Describing President Kais Saied’s…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: September 14–20, 2019
September 20, 2019

In at least three counter-terrorism raids reported across Egypt, the Ministry of Interior killed at least…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: September 7–13, 2019
September 13, 2019

In its weekly al-Naba newsletter, the Islamic State reported that its Sinai branch had carried out…


January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: August 31–September 6, 2019
September 6, 2019

A 27-year-old woman was killed in Sheikh Zuweid in a continuing trend of fatalities and injuries…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: August 24–30, 2019
August 30, 2019

Civilian fatalities continued in North Sinai, as Mada Masr reported that four children were injured by…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: August 17–23, 2019
August 23, 2019

Agence France-Presse reported that Chinese officials questioned Uighurs detained in Egypt’s Tora Prison, and the Sinai…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: August 10–16, 2019
August 16, 2019

A report on Twitter said that 17 suspected Wilayat Sinai militants were killed in strikes by…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: August 3–9, 2019
August 9, 2019

This week, a car blast outside the National Cancer Institute in central Cairo killed 20 and…

January 1, 1970
ESW Week in Brief: July 27–August 2, 2019
August 2, 2019

Wilayat Sinai claimed responsibility for an IED attack that allegedly killed and injured ten Egyptian soldiers…