Hurriyet Daily News - Scores of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were killed after security forces opened fire on a mass demonstration early on July 27, deepening the turmoil that has convulsed Egypt for weeks.
Men in helmets and black police fatigues fired on crowds gathered before dawn on the fringes of a round-the-clock sit-in near a mosque in northeast Cairo, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood said.
Authorities and medics gave conflicting figures to news agencies and media outlets, though dozens are thought to have been seriously injured after the attack. The Muslim Brotherhood's website said 120 people had been killed and some 4,500 injured, while Egypt's health ministry told AFP that it had only counted 20 dead so far.
For its part, Anadolu Agency quoted officials as saying that 46 were killed during violence in Cairo and Alexandria, but the Turkish state agency put the death toll at over 200, citing medics at the Sahra Hospital at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, where Morsi supporters had been gathered since the military takeover on July 3.
British broadcaster BBC said that based on its own sources over 100 had been killed, while The Guardian put the death toll at 136. Read More
Terror Continues in the Sinai: Egyptian military launches operation 'Desert Storm' to root out Sinai terrorists
Jerusalem Post - The Egyptian military has launched an operation in the lawless Sinai peninsula to counter terror and violence against security forces which has intensified in the area since the overthrow of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian media quoted military sources as saying Saturday.
Operation "Desert Storm" comes amid a spike in attacks in Sinai which have killed around 20 policeman and soldiers since Morsi's ouster on July 3.
During a tour of the southern border on Tuesday, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that Egypt was poised to launch a large counter-terrorism operation against radical Islamic cells in Sinai. Read More
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