The JV team continues its busy Ramadan. “ISIS-linked terrorist’s rocket attack sets navy warship ablaze in Mediterranean,” by Chris Hughes, Mirror, July 16, 2015: ISIS forces dramatically blew up a navy ship today in the first sea attack the extremists have launched. They fired a deadly rocket salvo at the Egyptian patrol boat which burst […]
Israel closes Egyptian border, on high alert following Islamic State attacks in Sinai
The recent wave of ISIS attacks against Egypt has been described as “full-fledged war.” Fox News is now reporting that the Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claims it has fired rockets into Israel as it escalates its operations. This report by Breitbart concludes with, “ISIS in Syria released a video this week threatening to destroy […]
Islamic State blows up natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in November 2014. “Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security officials say,” Associated Press, May 31, 2015: EL-ARISH, Egypt – Security officials in Egypt say suspected Islamic militants have blown up a natural gas pipeline outside el-Arish, the provincial […]
Egypt’s Islamic State branch claims Sinai jihad attack that killed 18
The “Sinai Province” of the caliphate, which now has allied groups in the Philippines, Nigeria, and elsewhere. “Egypt’s Islamic State Branch Claims Deadly Sinai Attack,” Associated Press, April 3, 2015 (thanks to John): The Islamic State’s branch in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a wave of deadly attacks that killed 15 Egyptian soldiers and three […]