egypt is in possession of the sinai peninsula today.
egypt is in possession of the sinai peninsula today.
what nation is in possession of the sinai peninsula today?
egypt
reports have surfaced from a remote part of egypt that osama bin laden's former personal doctor is leading al-qaeda in sinai peninsula. according to reports, sources have told several egyptian media outlets that ramzi mowafi has been leading a group responsible for numerous attacks in the lawless sinai peninsula over the past two years. reports say that mowafi – who is believed to also be an explosives expert – was spotted in the sinai in august 2011 providing military training to a number of people. mowafi is also believed to have worked on chemical weapons for al qaeda and was involved in a january 2011 prison break that allowed former egyptian president mohamed morsi to escape with other senior leaders from the muslim brotherhood. however, public information about mowafi is limited. the report from 2011 is significant because mowafi was seen in the sinai about the same time that al qaeda in the sinai peninsula's ansar al jihad declared its foundation. in addition, the al-qaeda logo appeared in various mosques in the area, suggesting that the mowafi is the emir of al qaeda in the sinai. on 21 october 2014, the united states department of state designated mowafi a specially designated global terrorist, because of his long-time role in the al-qaeda organization, and for his group's terrorist activities during the sinai insurgency.
al-qaeda in sinai peninsula
the exact location of marah is uncertain, as are the positions of etham, shur, and elim; the identification of these locations is heavily dependent on the identification of the biblical mount sinai. traditionally, sinai was equated with one of the mountains at the south of the sinai peninsula leading to the identification of marah as "ain hawarah", a salty spring roughly 47 miles southeast from suez. however, the majority of both scholars and religious authorities believe that this traditional identification of sinai is inaccurate, with the suggested alternatives being in the north and centre of the sinai peninsula, in the hejaz, and in the north eastern arabah; these identifications would suggest that locating marah far to the southeast of suez would be a substantial detour of the israelites' route. consequently, some scholars have proposed to identify marah as "ain naba", a brackish fountain located just 10 miles southeast of suez, while others have proposed to identify marah as the "small bitter lake" (arabic: "al buhayrat al murrah as sughra" البُحيْرَة المُرَّة الصُغْرَة) located about 20 miles north of suez; ain naba is more geographically convenient if mount sinai is a location in the hejaz or central sinai peninsula, while the small bitter lake is more geographically convenient for mount sinai being located in the north of the sinai peninsula or at the north eastern arabah.
marah (bible)