by AnStrat Intelligence | Jan 4, 2019 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Communications
Nov. 02, 2018 Amaq statementIn a message posted on social media, Amaq Media acknowledged that DaIISh-affiliated terrorists were responsible for the following incident:Nov. 02 – A group of gunmen opened fire at three minibuses carrying Copts as it was traveling...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 31, 2018 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Entity Profiles
Local Name: خلية الرد والردعTransliteration: Khalia al-Rusud wal-RadaAlternatives: N/aStatus: 2013 – 2014 (Defeated)Conflicts: Islamist Political Violence in Egypt The Monitoring and Deterrence Cell [KRR; Khalia al-Rusud wal-Rada] was a group of radicalized...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 25, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
APPREHENDED Full name: Tariq al-Sayyid Ahmed IbrahimPseudonym: N/aAlternatives: N/aLocation: EgyptAffiliation: Monitoring and Deterrence Cell [KRR] Tariq Ibrahim (°ca 1992) is an Egyptian Islamist and member of the Muslim Brotherhood.1 Following the 2013 army coup...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 18, 2018 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Communications
Mar. 11, 2017 LeT statementIn a message posted on the internet and social media, the LeT identified four its members who were killed in a police operation in Giza a few days earlier. Apr. 09, 2017 LeT statementThe LeT issued a statement in which it denounced the Apr....
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 18, 2018 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Communications
Oct. 04, 2016 LeT statementThe LeT released a communiqué in which it mourned the death of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Kamal in an operation by security forces earlier that day. It offered a eulogy, but did not elaborate on its connections to Kamal. Dec. 11,...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 15, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
APPREHENDED Full name: Said Abdul-Zaher HassanPseudonym: N/aAlternatives: N/aLocation: EgyptAffiliation: Monitoring and Deterrence Cell [KRR] Abdul-Zaher Hassan was a fuel station storekeeper from Giza who became involved in militancy after the army deposed Islamist...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 15, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
AT LARGE Full name: Wissam Mustafa al-SayyidPseudonym: Abu HamzaAlternatives: N/aLocation: Egypt, fmr SyriaAffiliation: Monitoring and Deterrence Cell [KRR] Wissam al-Sayyid is a little-known Egyptian Islamist militant. In the early 2010s, he reportedly traveled to...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 12, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
APPREHENDED Full name: Ahmed Abdullah Hamdan Abu ShitaPseudonym: N/aAlternatives: N/aLocation: SinaiAffiliation: fmr Assembly of Monotheism and Jihadi in the Sinai [JTJS] Hamada Abu Shita (°ca 1978-1981) is a Bedouin who has long been involved in jihadi activities on...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 12, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
ELIMINATED Full name: Mohammed Abu ShitaPseudonym: N/aAlternatives: N/aLocation: SinaiAffiliation: N/a Mohammed Abu Shita was an influential jihadi from the Sinai and a cousin of the infamous Abu Shita brothers. He became deeply involved in militancy on the peninsula...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Nov 29, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
AT LARGE Full name: Shadi Suleiman Harb al-Manei Pseudonym: Abu Rim Alternatives: Shadi Malki Location: Sinai, Gaza Strip Affiliation: Sinai Islamist Insurgency Shadi al-Manei (°1988) is an Egyptian Bedouin jihadi who serves as one of the most senior leaders of the...