Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)

Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
Part of the Arab Winter, Egyptian crisis aftermath, spillover of the Syrian Civil War and terrorism in Egypt
Date 3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)–present (3 years, 11 months and 5 days) Location  Egypt Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Egypt Armed Forces Egyptian Army Egyptian National Police Central Security Forces	Islamists Arms of Egypt Movement (from 2016) Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt Ajnad Misr Popular Resistance Movement Al-Furqan Brigades Ansar al-Sharia Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula ISIL Wilayat Sinai (from 2014) Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (until 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: 771+ killed

Egypt

Islamists

ISIL

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.

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