How parts of Egypt’s rugged Sinai peninsula have become a terrorist hot spot

The Sinai Peninsula once had a reputation as one of the Egypt's most attractive places to visit as a foreign tourist, offering world-class resorts, rugged landscapes and incredible diving. But in recent years, a sequence of violent attacks have shaken the sparsely-populated region and given it a reputation as a terrorism hot spot. Friday's attack in Bir al-Abd […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/11/24/how-parts-of-egypts-rugged-sinai-peninsula-have-become-a-terrorist-hot-spot/