The Egyptian armed forces continued on Thursday to raid suspected terrorist hideouts throughout North Sinai, resulting in shootouts and destroyed property.

Egypt on Thursday banned a pressure group that has pushed for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was overthrown by the army last year.

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty announced he would petition The Islamic World Heritage Committee (IWHC), a subsidiary of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) to include the city of Rosetta in its Heritage List.

The two daughters of detained deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat el-Shater were barred Monday evening from traveling abroad by the Borg El Arab Airport authorities, MENA reported.

A commission formed by the Cabinet to review pardons and citizenships granted by former president Mohamed Morsy to foreigners has revoked the citizenship of 800 people, including Palestinians, who obtained it illegally, according to security sources.

Tunisia’s well-organized Islamists have been defeated in parliamentary elections, paying the price for the turbulent years they governed after the Arab Spring that saw the rise of terrorist groups in this North African nation.

Police arrested 34 students amid protests and clashes on Tuesday at different universities across Egypt, with the army storming one campus, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

Minister of Defence Sedki Sobhi announced on Monday that all troops in the western region must be ready to counter possible terrorist threats on the Egyptian border with Libya.

The Shura Council trial has been further postponed until 11 November, with the head judge demanding that all 25 detainees are to be held in custody until the upcoming trial.

Tunisia's leading Islamist party, Ennahda, has accepted defeat in Sunday's election, and congratulated its secular rival Nidaa Tounes on winning most parliamentary seats, a senior Ennahda official said on Monday.

The two daughters of detained deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat el-Shater were barred Monday evening from traveling abroad by the Borg El Arab Airport authorities, MENA reported.

Egypt is warning terrorist groups are poised to seize control of Libya’s oilfields, as the country’s foreign minister appealed for an expansion of the Western-led campaign against jihadists fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq & Al-Sham (ISIS) to tackle extremism threatening North Africa.

Egyptian security forces killed on Sunday evening "two of the perpetrators" in the most recent attack in Sinai's Sheikh Zuwied, a security source from the army told Aswat Masriya.

Around 20 “terrorists” were killed Monday morning by Egyptian military airstrikes that started Sunday night in Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed, an anonymous security source told Youm7.

Hamas has criticized plans rumored to be in discussion by Egyptian authorities to establish a military buffer zone in North Sinai following militant attacks that killed 31 Egyptian soldiers there Friday.

A military campaign in northern Sinai on Sunday destroyed three weapon stores, killed eight suspected terrorists, including one allegedly involved in the Karam al-Kawadis operation, and arrested seven others.

The family of former president Mohamed Morsi released a statement condemning Friday’s attacks in North Sinai, which killed 30 security personnel.

Egyptian security forces killed on Sunday evening "two of the perpetrators" in the most recent attack in Sinai's Sheikh Zuwied, a security source from the army told Aswat Masriya.

An Egyptian misdemeanor court sentenced on Sunday 17 "supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood" to five years in prison on charges of rioting and attempting to sever the constitutional referendum earlier this year. The defendants were all fined with 50 thousand Egyptian pounds each and will undergo a probation period of another five years, according to a judicial source.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has expressed its condolences for the victims of Friday's deadly Sinai attacks, holding the government responsible for their death. At least 30 security forces were killed in two attacks in North Sinai on Friday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in an area already stricken with a jihadist insurgency.