Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)

This article is about the Islamist insurgency in mainland Egypt after the 2013 coup d'état. For the jihadist insurgency localized in the Sinai peninsula, see Sinai insurgency. For the mass protests after the 2013 coup d'état, see Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–present). For the broader Egyptian Crisis since 2011, see Egyptian Crisis (2011–14).

"2015 Cairo bombing" redirects here. For Assassination of Hisham Barakat, see Assassination of Hisham Barakat. For 2015 Cairo Supreme Court Bombing, see List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2015 § March.

Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
Part of the Arab Winter, the aftermath of the Egyptian crisis and terrorism in Egypt
Date 3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)–present (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Egypt Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Egypt Armed Forces Egyptian Army Police CSF	Islamists The Hasm Movement Soldiers of Egypt Popular Resistance Movement Al Furqan Brigades Ansar al-Sharia Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (spillover from Sinai 2011-14) ISIL Sinai Province (from 2014)
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (8 June 2014-present) Adly Mansour (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2016) Mohamed ElBaradei (14 July 2013 – 14 August 2013)
Casualties and losses
Total: 570+ killed

Part of a series on the Egyptian crisis (2011–14)
Main topics Egyptian revolution of 2011 Sinai insurgency Military transitional council 2012–13 Egyptian protests Egyptian Constitution of 2012 June 2013 Egyptian protests 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Post-coup unrest in Egypt Insurgency in Egypt
Elections Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–12 Egyptian Shura Council election, 2012 Egyptian presidential election, 2012 Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012 Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014 Egyptian presidential election, 2014 Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015
Background History of Egypt under Hosni Mubarak History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Corruption in Egypt

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.

Chronology

Some of the main attacks and arrests are described by year:

2013

• On 23 July, an explosive device killed 1 and injured 19 at a police station in Mansoura.
• On 5 October, gunmen shot dead six soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
• On 28 October, assailants killed three policemen who were posted near the University of Mansura in Egypt's Nile Delta region.

2014

• From 23 to 26 January, a bombing wave occurs with 13 victims.
• On 15 March, 6 soldiers were killed by bombs at a checkpoint.
• On 19 March, senior official were as well as two members of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis
• On 19 July, the July 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack killed 25 people.
• On 5 August, seven people were killed.
• On 14 September, 7 high-profile militants were killed by security forces in Suez area.

2015

• On 6 March, three policemen were killed in Mahalla.
• On 15 April, three military cadets were killed in a bomb attack.
• On 24 April, four Muslim brotherhood members were killed by their explosives.
• On 9 May, four dead in an exchange of fire between police and members of Muslim brotherhood.
• On 29 June, a top prosecutor was killed by explosives in his car.
• On 1 July, 9 militants were killed by police in Giza.
• On 11 July 2015, a car bomb exploded outside the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital Cairo resulting in at least one death and four people injured, responsibility was claimed by ISIS.
• On 17 July, 6 persons were killed during clashes in Cairo.
• On 6 August, 5 Muslim brotherhood members were shot dead in Fayoum province.
• On 24 August, a bus bombing kills 3 policemen and wounds 33 others.
• On 21 September, police kills 10 militants in Bahariya Oasis and following a mistake attack of 12 people including Mexican tourists.
• On 25 September, 9 militants were killed following the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo.

2016

• On 8 January, 2 militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare, arrived by sea and stormed Bella Vista Hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, stabbing three foreign tourists from Sweden and Austria. One of the assailants was shot dead and the other was wounded by security forces.(2016 Hurghada attack)
• On 21 January, 9 people including six policemen, and ten others were wounded in Giza when, after raiding an Islamic State hideout, a bomb detonated.

• On 19 November, in Cairo was One child killed and another was injured when an improvised explosive device detonated in an apartment in Cairo’s Manshiyet Nasser district.
• On 9 December, 6 police officers and a civilian were killed in a bombing near a checkpoint in the Egyptian capital. 3 additional officers and 4 civilians were wounded by the blast The Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
• On 9 December, A civilian died and another 3 were injured in bombing attack in Kafr El Sheikh.
• On 11 December, At least 25 people were killed and 49 injured after a suicide bombing at a Coptic cathedral in Cairo.
• On 12 December, is A military vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a security swoop in North Sinai’s city of Sheikh Zuweid, killing four soldiers Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

Casualties

103 people were killed in 2013, 195 in 2014, 272 in 2015.