The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (/ˈsaɪnaɪ/ SY-ny; Arabic: سِينَاء; Egyptian Arabic: سينا; Coptic: Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part...
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extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Sinai Peninsula, which is a part of Egypt, has been militarily occupied by Israel twice...
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Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according...
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Serbal Mount Catherine Mount Sinai Jabal Ahmad al Baqir Jebel al-Madhbah Mount Sin Bishar Mount Helal Hashem el-Tarif Mount Sinai (Hebrew: הַר סִינַי, Har...
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The Sinai insurgency was an insurgency campaign in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt launched by Islamist militants against Egyptian security forces, which...
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the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Islamic State – Sinai Province was originally known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM) which has been part of the Sinai insurgency...
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Look up Sinai, sinai, Sinaï, Sinaí, or šinai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sinai commonly refers to: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Mount Sinai, a mountain...
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Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula (Arabic: القاعدة في شبه جزيرة سيناء, romanized: al-Qā‘idah fī shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ), or AQSP, was an Egyptian militant...
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Ras Sedr massacre (redirect from Extrajudicial killings in the Sinai Peninsula)
paratrooper unit of the Israel Defense Forces conquered Ras Sedr in the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967 during the Six-Day War. In June 2000, Egypt's Al-Wafd...
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massacre an attempt of genocide against the Sufi Muslim community of the Sinai Peninsula. EOHR also called upon the Egyptian government to provide adequate...
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ISIL launched two attacks on Egyptian Armed Forces positions in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 33 security personnel in one of the deadliest assaults...
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Operation Sinai was an Egyptian military campaign, launched in early August 2012, against Islamic militants within the Sinai Peninsula to crush the Sinai Insurgency...
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Mount Sinai is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Mount Sinai may also refer to: Mount Sinai (Bible), where, according to the Bible, God gave...
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The August 2012 Sinai attack occurred on 5 August 2012, when armed men ambushed an Egyptian military base in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 16 soldiers and...
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in the east of the country, encompassing the southern half of the Sinai Peninsula. Saint Catherine's Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox Church monastery...
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Arab-Israeli conflict. The 2004 Sinai bombings were three bomb attacks targeting tourist hotels in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on 7 October 2004. The attacks...
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Saint Catherine's Monastery (redirect from St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai)
and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, it was built between...
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agreement, in the eyes of the Egyptians, was to gain back as much of the Sinai Peninsula (which had been occupied by Israel since 1967) as they could through...
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Sharm El Sheikh (category Populated places in South Sinai Governorate)
El-Sheikh, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population...
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Saudi Arabia. In the classical era, the Sinai Peninsula was also considered a part of Arabia. The Arabian Peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of...
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Yom Kippur War (redirect from Battle of Sinai)
states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel in 1967. Some combat...
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Gulf of Aqaba (category South Sinai Governorate)
gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. Its coastline is divided among four countries: Egypt...
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Operation Sinai may refer to: Sinai and Palestine campaign, during WWI Operation Kadesh, an Israeli military operation in the Sinai Peninsula during the...
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Operation Eagle (redirect from Operation Eagle (Sinai))
was an Egyptian military campaign in the Sinai Peninsula, that was launched in August 2011 to confront the Sinai insurgency. The campaign was aimed against...
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the Sinai refer to a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Egyptian Army fought in the Sinai Peninsula from...
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entered by mistake, due to a system malfunction, the airspace of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula – then under Israeli occupation – resulting in the death of 108 passengers...
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Closure of the Suez Canal (1967–1975) (category 20th century in the Sinai Peninsula)
closed until 5 June 1975, through most of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula including the east bank of the Canal. The Six-Day War had begun the...
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2006 Dahab bombings (category Terrorist incidents in the Sinai Peninsula)
were three bomb attacks on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab, in the Sinai Peninsula. The resort town is popular with Western tourists and Egyptians alike...
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Metrojet Flight 9268 (redirect from 2015 Sinai Air Disaster)
the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport...
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Multinational Force and Observers (category Sinai Peninsula)
between Egypt and Israel. The MFO generally operates in and around the Sinai peninsula, ensuring free navigation through the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf...
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