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In July 2013, at the same time as mass protests began against the 3 July coup d'état which deposed Mohamed Morsi, and in parallel with the escalation of the already ongoing jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, pro-Muslim Brotherhood militants started violent attacks against policemen and soldiers in central and western Egypt. In the following months, new Islamist armed groups were created to reinstate Islamist rule in Egypt, like Soldiers of Egypt and the Popular Resistance Movement. Since 2013, violence in mainland Egypt has escalated and developed into a low-level Islamist insurgency against the Egyptian government. [33] [34]
Some of the main attacks and arrests are described by year:
Year | Deaths | Injuries |
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2013 | 103 [32] | Unknown |
2014 | 195 [32] | Unknown |
2015 | 272 [32] | Unknown |
2016 | 101 [32] | Unknown |
2017 | 106 [32] | Unknown |
2018 | 7 [32] | 5 |
2019 | Unknown | Unknown |
2020 | Unknown | Unknown |
2021 | Unknown | Unknown |
2022 | 11+ [159] [160] | Unknown |
2023 | 7 [162] | Unknown |
2024 | Unknown | Unknown |
2025 | Unknown | Unknown |
Total | 739 [32] | Unknown |
For more than two years, unmarked Israeli drones, helicopters and jets have carried out a covert air campaign, conducting more than 100 airstrikes inside Egypt, frequently more than once a week — and all with the approval of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...Mr. Sisi's spokesman, Col. Ahmed Ali, denied it.
Recently, coöperation among Israel and the Gulf states has expanded into the Sinai Peninsula, where M.B.Z. has deployed Emirati forces to train and assist Egyptian troops who have been fighting militants with help from Israeli military aircraft and intelligence agencies. U.A.E. forces have, on occasion, conducted counterterrorism missions in Sinai.
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