The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Jihad arrests in Egypt

Reuters reports on the arrest of 25 alleged Jihad activists in Cairo. To my knowledge there has been no arrests (or indeed operations) by Egyptian Islamic Jihad in a long time. If it is true, it's a worrying sign that long-dormant Jihad (which has not done much since its erstwhile leader, Ayman Al Zawahri, joined Al Qaeda) may be reviving.