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August 2015 Egypt bombings, the Glossary

Index August 2015 Egypt bombings

The August 2015 Egypt bombings were a series of blasts on 20 August 2015 in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, possibly targeting state infrastructure.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Islamic State, Reuters, The Washington Post.

  2. 2015 building bombings
  3. Attacks on government buildings and structures in Africa
  4. August 2015 crimes in Africa
  5. History of Giza
  6. ISIL terrorist incidents in Egypt
  7. Improvised explosive device bombings in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Giza

Giza (sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza; al-Jīzah,, الجيزة) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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See also

2015 building bombings

Attacks on government buildings and structures in Africa

August 2015 crimes in Africa

History of Giza

ISIL terrorist incidents in Egypt

Improvised explosive device bombings in Cairo

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2015_Egypt_bombings

Also known as 2015 Egypt bombings.