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30/11/2017 | The Sinai Insurgency

Geopoliticalmonitor.com

This timeline traces the progression of militant attacks on state targets in the Sinai Peninsula. These include attacks on police officers, soldiers, judges, and other personnel connected to the Egyptian state. Attacks on civilians have been omitted.

 

2014

The Sinai insurgency headed by Ansar Bayt al-Maqis took advantage of local dissatisfaction with Cairo and relative weakness of the armed forces following the Arab Spring and the Morsi coup. The campaign focused on state targets – institutions the militant group believed to be illegitimate – like police officers, soldiers, and local judges. It was successful, at least at the onset; 2014 was a deadly year for Egyptian security forces operating in Sinai.

 

January 4 – One soldier killed in an attack on an armored vehicle south of El Arish.

January 25 – Five soldiers died in helicopter crash in an operation against militants. Ansar Bayt al-Maqis subsequently claims to have downed the helicopter using a rocket.

January 26 – Four army recruits are killed, nine others injured in an attack on a bus in Matla in central Sinai.

January 31 – A policeman killed by gunmen in Meliz.

February 16 – Three tourists and a bus driver killed in a suicide bombing on a bus in Taba.

March 6 – A policeman killed on his way home from work in Arish.

March 30 – An army APC is attacked near Sheikh Zuweid, resulting in one death and three injuries.

April 3 – A Central Security Forces officer is killed in Rafah. Ansar Beit al-Maqdes claims the attack.

May 2 – A suicide bomber attacks a police checkpoint killing two and injuring five in El-Tur. Elsewhere near Sharm el-Sheikh, a suicide bombing kills one tourist and injures four others.

May 11 – An army conscript killed by militants in Sheikh Zuweid.

May 23 – One Central Security Forces officer and two conscripts killed just south of the Rafah border crossing.

May 28 – A soldier dies after being shot in the chest by militants in Rafah.

June 11 – A soldier killed and two others injured in a militant attack on El Arish.

June 28 – Four members of the Central Security Forces killed by militants in Rafah.

July 9 – A soldier killed by a roadside bomb near El Arish.

July 14 – A soldier and seven civilians killed in a mortar attack on a military installation near El Arish.

July 18 – A police officer shot dead by militants near El Arish.

July 25 – Two members of the Central Security Forces killed by gunmen near Sheikh Zuweid.

September 2 – Eleven security personnel – mostly police officers– are killed by an IED near Sheikh Zuweid.

September 3 – A police officer shot dead by militants in El Arish.

September 8 – A police officer shot dead by militants in El Arish.

September 12 – An army conscript killed in El Arish.

At this point in the insurgency, the Egypt government puts the death toll in the security services at 664 from January 2011 to April 2014.

September 16 – Six police officers killed in a bomb attack on an APC driving between El Arish and Rafah.

September 21 – A police officer killed near Sheikh Zuweid.

October 17 – Two police officers and a conscript die in a rocket attack near El Arish.

October 19 – Seven army officers killed by a remotely detonated IED southwest of El Arish.

October 24 – 33 members of the security forces are killed in two major attacks, prompting the Egyptian government to declare a state of emergency. The attacks consisted of a car bomb and an assault by gunmen; both took place in and around El Arish.

November 10 – Ansar Bait al-Maqdis – the most deadly terrorist group in the Sinai insurgency – swears loyalty to Islamic State and rebrands itself Wilayat Sinai, or ‘Sinai Province of the Islamic State.’

November 13 – Five security personnel are killed in two separate gun attacks near Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.

November 26 – Two police officers and a conscript killed while driving near El Arish. The attack is subsequently claimed by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

December 14 – Two police officers killed in an attack on a police station near El Arish.

December 26 – Two soldiers are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb south of El Arish.

2015

2015 marked a peak for the Sinai insurgency. In the months between January-August, the region saw 100 attacks per month on average, up from just 30 per month in 2014.

 

January 4 – A soldier killed while defusing a bomb near Sheikh Zuweid.

January 12 – A police captain is kidnapped in North Sinai and found dead a day later. Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims the attack.

January 15 – An army officer killed while defusing a bomb bear El Arish.

January 29 – A series of combined attacks in El Arish, Sheikh Zuweid, and Rafah kill 44 people, including at least a dozen security personnel.

February 5 – A conscript is killed outside a hotel in El Arish.

March 9 – Three police officers are killed in a bomb attack near Sheikh Zuweid.

March 10 – One army officer killed and 45 soldiers injured in an attack on a military facility in El Arish.

March 11 – An army officer gunned down in Rafah. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

March 24 – A police officer and two soldiers are killed in two attacks: a roadside bomb near Sheikh Zuweid and a drive-by shooting in El Arish.

April 2 – 11 soldiers killed in two coordinated attacks by militants on checkpoints on the highway between El Arish and Rafah.

April 8 – Two police officers killed near Sheikh Zuweid.

April 12 – Five police officers killed in a car bomb attack on a police station in El Arish. The attack was subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

April 13 – One conscript killed in an attack on a checkpoint near Rafah.

April 16 – A soldier dies from an IED in Sheikh Zuweid.

April 20 – Three police officers killed after their APC hit by an IED near Rafah.

May 7 – Two police officers killed following a gun battle near the border village of Matalah near Raffah.

May 13 – Four soldiers killed by a roadside bomb near Rafah.

May 16 – Three judges killed in a gun attack on their vehicle in El Arish.

May 25 – A soldier is killed in armed clashes in North Sinai.

May 27 – A police officer is killed in a roadside bomb attack near el Arish.

June 10 – A soldier is killed in Rafah, leading to the closure of east-west highways.

June 17 – A police officer is killed and four others injured in a roadside bombing near El Arish.

July 1 – In some of the most substantial fighting between security forces and militants to this point, some 17 soldiers were killed in clashes around Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.

July 16 – Wilayat Sinai claims an earlier attack on an Egyptian Navy patrol boat that was operating offshore near the border with Gaza. A video later surfaces that appears to show the vessel being hit with an anti-tank missile.

July 18 – Three soldiers killed by a mortar attack near Sheikh Zuweid.

July 23 – Four soldiers are killed by a roadside bombing near Rafah. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

September 11 – Four soldiers killed by a car bomb in Rafah.

September 15 – Two soldiers killed in an ongoing sweep against militants in northern Sinai.

September 17 – A police officer killed in a drive-by shooting near El Arish.

September 26 – Two police officers killed by a roadside bomb at a checkpoint in northern Sinai. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

October 14 – Twelve soldiers killed and six wounded in an attack on a checkpoint 40 km outside Bir al-Abd. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

October 31 – Metrojet Flight 9268 downed by a bomb after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 passengers on board.

2016

2016 witnessed a change in tactics from Wilayat Sinai and other insurgency groups. Faced with greater scrutiny and pressure from Cairo, the onus shifted from hard targets and targets representative of the government to religious sybmols and soft targets. Thus the number of attacks on police and soldiers trended down over the course of the year.

 

January 8 – Wilayat Sinai launches an attack on a pipeline in northern Sinai, disrupting supplies to Jordan.

March 19 – 13 soldiers killed when militants attack their checkpoint near El Arish with mortars.

October 2 – Five conscripts ambushed and killed north of El Arish. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

October 14 – 12 soldiers killed in an attack on a checkpoint near Bir al-Abd. The attack is subsequently claimed by Wilayat Sinai.

October 17 – Three soldiers killed in an army operation against militants in northern Sinai.

October 30 – Four soldiers killed in an army operation against militants in and around El Arish, Rafah, and Sheikh Zuweid.

2017

2017 continued the trend of the previous year, with two major religious soft targets being hit in Sinai: first the St. Catherine monastery and then a far more deadly attack on the al Rawdah Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed.

 

January 23 – Five soldiers killed by militants in northern Sinai.

March 9 – Two police officers killed by an IED near El Arish.

March 23 – Ten soldiers killed by two roadside bombs during a raid against militants near El Arish.

March 27 – A soldier killed by gunmen near Sheikh Zuweid.

April 18 – A police officer killed by a suicide bombing of a monastery near St. Catherine in southern Sinai.

September 12 – 18 police officers are killed in a bomb attack near El Arish.

November 24 – At least 305 worshipers killed in an attack on a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed, with no immediate claims for responsibility.

***More:

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/timeline-the-sinai-insurgency/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula

Geopoliticalmonitor.com (Canada)

 



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