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Egypt: Army Announces Death of Senior ISIS Commander in Sinai

Two military vehicles at a guard post in northern Sinai. AP
Two military vehicles at a guard post in northern Sinai. AP
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Egypt: Army Announces Death of Senior ISIS Commander in Sinai

Two military vehicles at a guard post in northern Sinai. AP
Two military vehicles at a guard post in northern Sinai. AP

The Egyptian army announced Wednesday the death of an ISIS senior commander in Sinai.

"As a continuation of the efforts of the armed forces to tighten control over areas witnessing terrorist activities in north and central Sinai, the Third Army field forces raided a number of rugged mountainous areas in central Sinai and killed Nasser Abu Zukul, Emir of ISIS in central Sinai, after a heavy exchange of fire,” the army said in a statement.

It said it found a rifle, two grenades and a large quantity of ammunition with the slain insurgent leader.

The army stressed that its forces and police will continue "their efforts to eliminate ISIS elements and criminals in central Sinai."

Egypt has been hit by significant attacks in recent years, especially after the army toppled Islamist former president Mohammed Morsi in the summer of 2013, amid mass protests against his government.

On the other hand, Egypt’s Court of Cassation set July 2 as the date for the verdict on the appeals filed by 1,554 of those put on the terror list, including former president Morsi, Brotherhood Leader Mohamed Badie, First Vice President Khairat el-Shater, President of the dissolved People's Assembly Saad Katatni, Former football player Mohammed Abu Trika and businessman Safwan Thabet.

In January 2017, the Cairo Criminal Court placed 1,500 defendants, affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood, on the country’s terror list, who were charged with funneling funds to the outlawed group.

Former Parliament Speaker Fathi Soror, who represents one of the defendants in the above-mentioned case, demanded the Cassation Court to overturn the Criminal Court’s “ill-founded” decision, which was based on procedural grounds, not on evidence-based investigations, as he put it during his address to the court.

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Suspected RSF Strike Hits a Prison, Killing at Least 19 in Sudan, Officials Say

A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
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Suspected RSF Strike Hits a Prison, Killing at Least 19 in Sudan, Officials Say

A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)

A suspected drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a prison in Sudan's southern region of Kordofan on Saturday and killed at least 19 prisoners, authorities said, the latest deadly attack in the country’s more than two-year civil war.

The attack on the main prison in Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan, also wounded 45 other prisoners, according to a statement from the province’s police forces.

The statement accused the Rapid Support Forces of launching the attack, which came as the RSF escalated its drone strikes on the military-held areas across the country.

There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war with the Sudanese military for more than two years.

Earlier this month, the RSF launched multi-day drone attack on Port Sudan, the Red Sea city serving as an interim seat for the Sudanese government. The strikes hit the city’s airports, maritime port and other facilities including fuel storages.

The RSF escalation came after the military struck the Nyala airport in South Darfur, where the RSF receives foreign military assistance, including drones. Local media say dozens of RSF officers were killed in last week's strike.

Sudan plunged into chaos on April 15, 2023, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country. Obeid is 363 kilometers (225 miles) south of Khartoum.

Since then, at least 24,000 people have been killed, though the number is likely far higher. The war has driven about 13 million people from their homes, including 4 million who crossed into neighboring countries. The conflict also has pushed parts of the country into famine.

The fighting has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the western Darfur region, according to the UN and international rights groups.