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EL-ARISH, Egypt – An Egyptian army official says an armored military vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a raid on militant hideouts in northern Sinai Peninsula and the explosion killed one officer and wounded another. The official says Thursday’s bombing took place in the town of Sheik Zweid. No one …

CAIRO – An Egyptian criminal court on Monday sentenced 22 people to death after convicting them of storming a police station outside Cairo and killing an officer on July 3, 2013 — the day the military overthrew an elected but divisive Islamist president. The ruling was the latest action against …

BEIRUT – Several hard-line rebel groups have launched a new offensive in northwestern Syria, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital. The conservative Islamic opposition factions, including the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, are coordinating the multi-pronged campaign whose primary target appears to be Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib …