by AnStrat Intelligence | Jan 18, 2018 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
EXECUTED Full name: Adel Mohammed Ibrahim Pseudonym: Adel Habara Alternatives: N/a Location: Sinai, Nile Delta Affiliation: Partisans and Holy Warriors [AwM], fmr Assembly of Monotheism and Jihad in the Sinai [JTJS] Adel Habara (°ca 1973) was a prominent militant from...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Jan 5, 2018 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Communications
DaIWS photographic materials claiming responsibility for the following attack: Dec. 04, 2017 – Cadres of the DaIWS beheaded a member of the Tarabin Bedouin tribe after having abducted him weeks earlier in the North Sinai governorate. [EI & SN] DaIWS...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Jan 3, 2018 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports
Total casualties 32 fatalities 34 injuries Total incidents Civilian casualty ratio % Overview of incidents Dec. 04 – Cadres of the DaIWS beheaded a member of the Tarabin Bedouin tribe after having abducted him weeks earlier in the North Sinai governorate. [EI...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 30, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Communications
The DaIM released a statement claiming responsibility for the following attack: Dec. 11, 2016 – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a chapel of the seat of the Coptic Christian church in Qahira, killing 29 worshippers and wounding at least 47 others. [Ahr,...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 16, 2017 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
APPREHENDED Full name: N/a Pseudonym: N/a Alternatives: N/a Location: Egypt Affiliation: Brigade of the Criterion [KaF] Hani Shaheen is a little-known jihadi operative from Egypt who joined the Brigade of the Criterion [KaF; Kataeb al-Furqan] after the 2013 army...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 16, 2017 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
EXECUTED Full name: Mohammed Bakri Mohammed Haroun Pseudonym: “Tariq” Alternatives: N/a Location: Egypt Affiliation: Brigade of the Criterion [KaF] Mohammed Haroun (ºca 1983) was a senior jihadi from Egypt. He became attracted to radical Salafism at a...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 16, 2017 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
EXECUTED Full name: Hani Mustafa Amin Amer Mahmoud Pseudonym: Abu Jubal, Abu Bilal Alternatives: N/a Location: Egypt Affiliation: Brigade of the Criterion [KaF] Hani Amer (ºca 1983) was an Egyptian electronics and software engineer who became devoted to Islamism when...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 16, 2017 | Biographic Summaries, Egypt Coverage
AT LARGE Full name: Mohammed Ahmed Nasser Pseudonym: Abu Ahmed Alternatives: N/a Location: Sinai Affiliation: Islamic State’s Province of Sinai [DaIWS], fmr Partisans of the Holy House [ABaM], fmr Brigades of the Criterion [KaF] Mohammed Nasser was an Islamist...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 16, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Militant Entity Profiles
Local Name: كتائب الفرقانTransliteration: Kata’eb al-FurqanAlternatives: N/aStatus: 2013 – 2013 (Merged into ABaM)Conflicts: Islamist Militancy in Egypt The Brigades of the Criterion [KaF; Kataeb al-Furqan] was a small jihadi group that emerged in Egypt...
by AnStrat Intelligence | Dec 10, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports
Total casualties 334 fatalities 135 injuries Total incidents Civilian casualty ratio % Overview of incidents Nov. 02 – A group of militants opened fire at a military checkpoint in the North Sinai government, sparking a shootout in which five of the attackers...