Egypt has experienced rapid population growth in recent decades. Between 1986 to 2018, the number of people in the country ...

The MFO has been in the Sinai since 1981 following Israel's transfer of the peninsula back to Egypt as part of the 1978 peace treaty between the two countries. The U.S. component to the force ...

World News Why the Sinai peninsula is so dangerous The attack on a mosque in Egypt that left more than 300 people dead appears to be the deadliest in the history of the Sinai Peninsula.

Tourists during a quad bike tour, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, April 2, 2016. The resort is one of many in Sinai Peninsula that has seen a drop in tourist numbers due to increased militant activity in ...

A MYSTERIOUS 3,800-year-old inscription etched on the walls of an ancient Egyptian turquoise mine has sparked claims it could ...

The Sinai Peninsula, while a part of Egypt, exists in a world of its own. Robert Siegel speaks with reporter Nicolas Pelham about his new article in the New York Review of Books about the Sinai ...

EL-ARISH, Egypt – An Egyptian security official says some 20 tanks have been withdrawn from the Sinai Peninsula after a month-long deployment in an anti-terrorism military offensive.

EL-ARISH, Egypt An Egyptian security official says gunmen opened fire at policemen in northern Sinai, killing two and wounding a third in the latest attack in the volatile peninsula.

On 25 April 1982, Egypt regained the Sinai Peninsula, its flag raised in Rafah. It marked the final departure of the Israeli army from Sinai, which it had occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 ...

The Pentagon has shifted more than 100 U.S. soldiers from a desert camp near the Egypt-Israeli border in the Sinai Peninsula after a barrage of attacks by militants linked to Islamic State.

With desert in the north and mountains in the south, the Sinai Peninsula is very difficult to control. CNN’s Ian Lee and Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report.

Why the Sinai peninsula is so dangerous By Angela Dewan, CNN 2 minute read Updated 1:59 PM EST, Sat November 25, 2017 ...