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  • Economy captive to North Sinai crackdown

    A state of quasi-war in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate has brought economic life to a standstill, residents say. Prices of basic goods have risen; and opportunities for work – largely dependent on smuggling operations that have since been shut down – have dropped.

    In the foreground of al-Mehdiya village, in Egypt's North Sinai governorate, sits a former olive tree orchard, destroyed in the fall of 2013 during security forces' campaign against militants in the area. (Photo taken by Sophie Anmuth in October 2013 - BU

  • Civilians attacked by Sinai militants

    In their fight against Egyptian security forces, militants in Sinai have also, at times, targeted civilians - and for a wide range of reasons: collaborating with the police, refusing to let militants place an improvised explosive device in front of their homes; or, in at least one case, wearing a T-shirt in support of Egypt’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

    The home of Shadi el-Menai, founder of the jihadist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, in al-Mehdiya Village in Egypt's North Sinai governorate. The army destroyed his home in the fall of 2013 during its months-long campaign against militants in the restive Sina

  • Egypt anti-terror ops take civilian toll

    As Egyptian security forces wage their campaign against militants in the restive North Sinai governorate, some residents say they have paid a heavy price: civilian deaths; destruction of homes, property and livelihoods; displacement; and little hope for compensation.

    Women and a child sit in the shade amid the rubble of a home in Rafah town in Egypt's North Sinai governorate. The building was destroyed in October during the security forces' counter-terrorism campaign against militants. (Photo taken by Sophie Anmuth in

  • Sinai: Destined to suffer?

    Long a neglected region of Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula has been home to an intense military campaign for months, as security forces try to root out increased militancy in the area. This IRIN series takes you to seldom visited villages of North Sinai to speak to civilians who have been caught in the middle. 

    A Bedouin man in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula (2007)

  • Preparing for MERS virus

    Public health officials in the Gulf states are playing down fears about an outbreak of the deadly MERS coronavirus among pilgrims travelling to the Hajj...
    Al-Haram Mosque at the start of Hajj, Mecca

  • Spontaneous aid funding

    At a conference in Kuwait on partnerships in humanitarian action, representatives of Qatar Charity stood up with an impromptu announcement. They had decided the previous...
    Gulf dignitaries attend the opening of a 12-13 September meeting in Kuwait City organized by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Direct Aid and the International Islamic Charitable Organization

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