ISIL terrorist group said one of its leaders in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been killed. The group’s Aamaq news agency announced the death of Abu Hamza al-Maqdisi late Monday, calling him a “martyr” without saying where or how he died. A photo of a young, smiling, bearded man accompanied the report. ISIL ...
An Egyptian court on Monday upheld death sentences for 20 extremists convicted of killing 13 policemen during violent unrest after the military overthrow of president Mohammad Mursi in 2013. “The verdict is final and cannot be appealed,” a judicial official said. On August 14, 2013, a month after Mursi was ...
