Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 40

3-Oct-2011

EGYPT/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

Militants Attack Sinai Gas Infrastructure Again

Militants in Egypts Sinai Peninsula again attacked natural gas pipeline infrastructure that connects with the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) to Jordan and the al-'Arish-Ashdod pipeline to Israel, this time near the town of al-Maydan. This is the sixth attack on the pipeline since February when Husni Mubarak was forced to resign from the Egyptian presidency. The attack...