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interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D1%87%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%90321-%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0" title="Синаялъул бащдаб чӀинкӀиллъиялда тӀад А321-ялъул катастрофа – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Синаялъул бащдаб чӀинкӀиллъиялда тӀад А321-ялъул катастрофа" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Hava_Yollar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_9268_reysi" title="Metrojet Hava Yollarının 9268 reysi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Metrojet Hava Yollarının 9268 reysi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DB%B9%DB%B2%DB%B6%DB%B8_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88" title="کوقالیماویا ۹۲۶۸ ساییلی اوچوشو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کوقالیماویا ۹۲۶۸ ساییلی اوچوشو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%AE" title="কোগালিমাভিয়া ফ্লাইট ৯২৬৮ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোগালিমাভিয়া ফ্লাইট ৯২৬৮" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0_A321_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Катастрофа A321 над Сінайскім паўвостравам – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Катастрофа A321 над Сінайскім паўвостравам" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_9268_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%E2%80%9E%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%E2%80%9C" title="Полет 9268 на „Метроджет“ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Полет 9268 на „Метроджет“" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol_9268_de_Metrojet" title="Vol 9268 de Metrojet – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vol 9268 de Metrojet" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Kogalymavia_9268" title="Let Kogalymavia 9268 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Let Kogalymavia 9268" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogalymavia_Flight_9268" title="Kogalymavia Flight 9268 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kogalymavia Flight 9268" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogalymavia-Flug_9268" title="Kogalymavia-Flug 9268 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kogalymavia-Flug 9268" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojeti_lend_9268" title="Metrojeti lend 9268 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Metrojeti lend 9268" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B7_9268_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_Metrojet" title="Πτήση 9268 της Metrojet – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πτήση 9268 της Metrojet" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuelo_9268_de_Metrojet" title="Vuelo 9268 de Metrojet – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vuelo 9268 de Metrojet" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_9268_hegaldia" title="Metrojet 9268 hegaldia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Metrojet 9268 hegaldia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%DB%B9%DB%B2%DB%B6%DB%B8_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="پرواز شماره ۹۲۶۸ کاگالیماویا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرواز شماره ۹۲۶۸ کاگالیماویا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol_Metrojet_9268" title="Vol Metrojet 9268 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vol Metrojet 9268" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Metrojet Flight 9268" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voo_9268_de_Metrojet" title="Voo 9268 de Metrojet – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Voo 9268 de Metrojet" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%A1%9C%EC%A0%AF_9268%ED%8E%B8_%EC%B6%94%EB%9D%BD_%EC%82%AC%EA%B3%A0" title="메트로젯 9268편 추락 사고 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메트로젯 9268편 추락 사고" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/A321-%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A9%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="A321-ի ավիավթար Սինայի թերակղզում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="A321-ի ավիավթար Սինայի թերակղզում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Penerbangan_9268" title="Metrojet Penerbangan 9268 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Metrojet Penerbangan 9268" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volo_Metrojet_9268" title="Volo Metrojet 9268 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Volo Metrojet 9268" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%94_9268_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%92%27%D7%98" title="טיסה 9268 של מטרוג'ט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טיסה 9268 של מטרוג'ט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Pamaburan_9268" title="Metrojet Pamaburan 9268 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Metrojet Pamaburan 9268" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0_9268_%D3%99%D1%83%D0%B5_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Когалымавиа 9268 әуе апаты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Когалымавиа 9268 әуе апаты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogalymavia_reiss_9268" title="Kogalymavia reiss 9268 – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kogalymavia reiss 9268" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_skrydis_9268" title="Metrojet skrydis 9268 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Metrojet skrydis 9268" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kogalymavia_9268-as_j%C3%A1rat%C3%A1nak_katasztr%C3%B3f%C3%A1ja" title="A Kogalymavia 9268-as járatának katasztrófája – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A Kogalymavia 9268-as járatának katasztrófája" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85_9268" title="متروچت الرحله رقم 9268 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="متروچت الرحله رقم 9268" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penerbangan_9268_Metrojet" title="Penerbangan 9268 Metrojet – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Penerbangan 9268 Metrojet" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet-vlucht_9268" title="Metrojet-vlucht 9268 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Metrojet-vlucht 9268" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0%E3%82%A2%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA9268%E4%BE%BF" title="コガリムアビア航空9268便 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コガリムアビア航空9268便" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Metrojet Flight 9268" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katastrofa_lotu_Metrojet_9268" title="Katastrofa lotu Metrojet 9268 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Katastrofa lotu Metrojet 9268" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voo_Metrojet_9268" title="Voo Metrojet 9268 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Voo Metrojet 9268" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zborul_9268_al_Kogalymavia" title="Zborul 9268 al Kogalymavia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Zborul 9268 al Kogalymavia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0_A321_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC" title="Катастрофа A321 над Синайским полуостровом – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Катастрофа A321 над Синайским полуостровом" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_9268" title="Когалымавиа рейс 9268 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Когалымавиа рейс 9268" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Metrojet Flight 9268" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Metrojet_9268" title="Let Metrojet 9268 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Let Metrojet 9268" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolavian_lento_9268" title="Kolavian lento 9268 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kolavian lento 9268" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Metrojet Flight 9268" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_9268" title="மெட்ரோஜெட் விமானம் 9268 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மெட்ரோஜெட் விமானம் 9268" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogal%C4%B1mavia_%C5%9Firk%C3%A4tene%C3%B1_Airbus_A321_h%C3%A4l%C3%A4k%C3%A4te" title="Kogalımavia şirkäteneñ Airbus A321 häläkäte – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Kogalımavia şirkäteneñ Airbus A321 häläkäte" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_9268" title="โคกาลืยมาเวีย เที่ยวบินที่ 9268 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โคกาลืยมาเวีย เที่ยวบินที่ 9268" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Bombing by <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" title="Islamic State – Sinai Province">Islamic State's Sinai branch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Site</th><td class="infobox-data flabel location" style="line-height:1.3em;">Near Housna, <a href="/wiki/North_Sinai_Governorate" title="North Sinai Governorate">North Sinai Governorate</a>, Egypt <br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" 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A321-231">Airbus A321-231</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Metrojet_(Russian_airline)" title="Metrojet (Russian airline)">Kogalymavia (Metrojet)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">IATA flight No.</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">7K9268</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">ICAO flight No.</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">KGL9268</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Call sign</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">KOGALYM 9268</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">Registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">EI-ETJ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Flight origin</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh_International_Airport" title="Sharm El Sheikh International Airport">Sharm El Sheikh International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>, Egypt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Destination</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport" title="Pulkovo Airport">Pulkovo Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, Russia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;"><div id="Bold_italics_indicate_incidents_resulting_in_morethan_50_deaths._Incidents_are_bombings,unless_described_otherwise.213"><i><b>Bold italics</b></i> indicate incidents resulting in more<br />than 50 deaths. Incidents are bombings,<br />unless described otherwise.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1977</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Moscow_bombings" title="1977 Moscow bombings">Moscow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Budyonnovsk_hospital_hostage_crisis" title="Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis">Budyonnovsk</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye_hostage_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis">Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1996_Kaspiysk_bombing" title="1996 Kaspiysk bombing">Kaspiysk</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1999_Vladikavkaz_bombing" title="1999 Vladikavkaz bombing">Vladikavkaz</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian apartment bombings">Apartment bombings</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kaspiysk_bombing" title="2002 Kaspiysk bombing">Kaspiysk</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis" title="Moscow theater hostage crisis">Moscow</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Grozny_truck_bombing" title="2002 Grozny truck bombing">Grozny</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2003_Znamenskoye_suicide_bombing" title="2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing">Znamenskoye</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Tushino_bombing" title="2003 Tushino bombing">Tushino</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mozdok_truck_bombing" title="Mozdok truck bombing">Mozdok</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Stavropol_train_bombing" title="2003 Stavropol train bombing">Stavropol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Red_Square_bombing" title="2003 Red Square bombing">Red Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2004_Moscow_Metro_bombing" title="February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing">Moscow (February)</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2004_Arkhangelsk_explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Arkhangelsk explosion">Arkhangelsk</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Grozny_stadium_bombing" title="2004 Grozny stadium bombing">Grozny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2004_Moscow_Metro_bombing" title="August 2004 Moscow Metro bombing">Moscow (August)</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2004_Russian_aircraft_bombings" title="2004 Russian aircraft bombings">Aircraft bombings</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Beslan_school_siege" title="Beslan school siege">Beslan</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Moscow_market_bombing" title="2006 Moscow market bombing">Moscow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Vladikavkaz_bombing" title="2008 Vladikavkaz bombing">Vladikavkaz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nazran_bombing" title="2009 Nazran bombing">Nazran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nevsky_Express_bombing" title="2009 Nevsky Express bombing">Nevsky Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings" title="2010 Moscow Metro bombings">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kizlyar_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Kizlyar bombings">Kizlyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Stavropol_bomb_blast" title="2010 Stavropol bomb blast">Stavropol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Tsentoroy_attack" title="2010 Tsentoroy attack">Tsentoroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Vladikavkaz_bombing" title="2010 Vladikavkaz bombing">Vladikavkaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chechen_Parliament_attack" title="2010 Chechen Parliament attack">Grozny</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Domodedovo_International_Airport_bombing" title="Domodedovo International Airport bombing">Domodedovo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Makhachkala_attack" title="2012 Makhachkala attack">Makhachkala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_2013_Volgograd_bus_bombing" title="October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing">Volgograd (October)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2013_Volgograd_bombings" title="December 2013 Volgograd bombings">Volgograd (December)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GTA_gang" title="GTA gang">GTA gang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Grozny_bombing" title="2014 Grozny bombing">Grozny bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Grozny_clashes" title="2014 Grozny clashes">Grozny clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GTA_gang" title="GTA gang">GTA gang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metrojet Flight 9268</a></b></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(going to Russia)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shchelkovo_Highway_police_station_attack" title="Shchelkovo Highway police station attack">Shchelkovo Highway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Saint_Petersburg_Metro_bombing" title="2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing">Saint Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_du_21_avril_2017_%C3%A0_Khabarovsk" class="extiw" title="fr:Attentat du 21 avril 2017 à Khabarovsk">Khabarovsk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kizlyar_church_shooting" title="Kizlyar church shooting">Kizlyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk_FSB_office_bombing" title="Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing">Arkhangelsk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nord_Stream_pipelines_sabotage" title="Nord Stream pipelines sabotage">Baltic Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_military_commissariats_attacks" title="Russian military commissariats attacks">commissariats attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darya_Dugina#Killing" title="Darya Dugina">Liquidation of Dugina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ust-Ilimsk_military_commissariat_shooting" title="Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting">Ust-Ilimsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soloti_military_training_ground_shooting" title="Soloti military training ground shooting">Soloti</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Vladlen_Tatarsky" title="Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky">Explosion on Universitetskaya Embankment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack" title="Crocus City Hall attack">Crocus City Hall</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don_pre-trial_detention_center_hostage_crisis" title="Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis">Rostov-on-Don hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Dagestan_attacks" title="2024 Dagestan attacks">Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surovikino_penal_colony_hostage_crisis" title="Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis">Surovikino</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Part of the <a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a>, <a href="/wiki/War_of_Dagestan" class="mw-redirect" title="War of Dagestan">War of Dagestan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_North_Caucasus" title="Insurgency in the North Caucasus">Insurgency in the North Caucasus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_the_North_Caucasus" title="Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus">Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism_in_Europe" title="Islamic terrorism in Europe">Islamic terrorism in Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Metrojet Flight 9268</b> was an international <a href="/wiki/Air_charter" title="Air charter">chartered passenger flight</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operated by Russian airline <a href="/wiki/Metrojet_(Russian_airline)" title="Metrojet (Russian airline)">Kogalymavia</a> (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time <a href="/wiki/Egypt_Standard_Time" title="Egypt Standard Time">EST</a> (04:13 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-FR24_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR24-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A321" title="Airbus A321">Airbus A321-231</a> operating the flight exploded above the northern <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a> following its departure from <a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh_International_Airport" title="Sharm El Sheikh International Airport">Sharm El Sheikh International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> en route to <a href="/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport" title="Pulkovo Airport">Pulkovo Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ah_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All 224 passengers and crew on board died.<sup id="cite_ref-mchsvictims_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchsvictims-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cause of the crash was most likely an onboard explosive device<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as concluded by Russian investigators.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the people aboard the flight were tourists. The passengers comprised 212 Russians, four Ukrainians, and one Belarusian. There were also seven crew members on board, all of whom were Russian.<sup id="cite_ref-mchsvictims_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchsvictims-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Investigators believe that a <a href="/wiki/Bomb" title="Bomb">bomb</a> was put on the aircraft at Sharm El Sheikh, with the goal of causing airlines to suspend flights to that airport.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the crash, the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province">Sinai Branch</a> (IS-SP), previously known as <a href="/wiki/Ansar_Bait_al-Maqdis" title="Ansar Bait al-Maqdis">Ansar Bait al-Maqdis</a>, claimed responsibility for the incident, which occurred in the vicinity of the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_insurgency" title="Sinai insurgency">Sinai insurgency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IS-SP claimed responsibility on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, on video, and in a statement by <a href="/wiki/Abu_Osama_al-Masri" title="Abu Osama al-Masri">Abu Osama al-Masri</a>, the leader of the group's Sinai branch.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news.nationalpost.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.nationalpost.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IS posted pictures of what it said was the bomb in <i><a href="/wiki/Dabiq_(magazine)" title="Dabiq (magazine)">Dabiq</a></i>, its online magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-IBTB_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBTB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 4 November 2015, British and American authorities suspected that a bomb was responsible for the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-US-UK_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 November 2015, an anonymous member of the Egyptian investigation team said the investigators were "90 percent sure" that the jet was brought down by a bomb. Lead investigator Ayman al-Muqaddam said that other possible causes of the crash included a <a href="/wiki/Jet_fuel" title="Jet fuel">fuel</a> <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explosion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fatigue_(material)" title="Fatigue (material)">metal fatigue</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery" title="Lithium-ion battery">lithium batteries</a> overheating.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Russian <a href="/wiki/Federal_Security_Service" title="Federal Security Service">Federal Security Service</a> announced on 17 November 2015 that they were sure that it was a terrorist attack, caused by an <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">improvised bomb</a> containing the <a href="/wiki/TNT_equivalent" title="TNT equivalent">equivalent</a> of up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of <a href="/wiki/TNT" title="TNT">TNT</a> that detonated during the flight. The Russians said they had found explosive residue as evidence. On 24 February 2016, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Egypt" title="President of Egypt">Egyptian President</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a> acknowledged that terrorism caused the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-el-sisi_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-el-sisi-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020, an Egyptian appeals court ruled the crash was not an act of terrorism, and it dismissed lawsuits against government officials, Metrojet, and <a href="/wiki/Ingosstrakh" title="Ingosstrakh">Ingosstrakh</a>. The appeals court ruled that the identities of the 224 victims had not been officially established and it was impossible to issue compensation to them as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airbus_A321-231,_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg/220px-Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg/330px-Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg/440px-Airbus_A321-231%2C_Middle_East_Airlines_-_MEA_AN0094392.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>The aircraft involved photographed in 2000 while in service with <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Airlines" title="Middle East Airlines">Middle East Airlines</a> and wearing registration F-OHMP</figcaption></figure> <p>The aircraft was an 18-year-old Airbus A321-231, <a href="/wiki/Serial_number" title="Serial number">serial number</a> 663, <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">registered</a> as EI-ETJ, that was manufactured in 1997. It had logged approximately 56000 airframe hours and 21000 takeoff and landing cycles.<sup id="cite_ref-Airbus_press_release_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Airbus_press_release-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 November 2001, while operating Middle East Airlines Flight 304, the aircraft suffered a <a href="/wiki/Tailstrike" title="Tailstrike">tailstrike</a> while landing in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, Egypt. The damage was severe. Within three months, the aircraft was repaired and returned to service.<sup id="cite_ref-asn_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asn-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of the crash, the aircraft was owned by <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>-based <a href="/wiki/AerCap" title="AerCap">AerCap</a> and leased to Kolavia.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aircraft had accumulated 56,000 flight hours on nearly 21,000 flights.<sup id="cite_ref-Airbus_press_release_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Airbus_press_release-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passengers_and_crew">Passengers and crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Passengers and crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right;font-size:90%;text-align:center; margin:0 0 1.5em 2.0em;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccf;"> <th colspan="4" style="font-size:110%;">People on board by nationality<sup id="cite_ref-CNN1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr><th>Nationality</th><th>Passengers</th><th>Crew</th><th>Total</th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> </td> <td>212 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>219 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>217</th> <th>7</th> <th>224 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Flight 9268 was carrying 217 passengers, of which 25 were children, plus seven crew members.<sup id="cite_ref-mchsvictims_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchsvictims-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pilot_in_command" title="Pilot in command">captain</a> of the flight was 47-year-old Valery Yurievich Nemov and the <a href="/wiki/First_officer_(aeronautics)" class="mw-redirect" title="First officer (aeronautics)">first officer</a> was Sergei Stanislavovich Trukhachev.<sup id="cite_ref-natalya_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natalya-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the airline, Captain Nemov had amassed more than 12,000 hours of flight time, including 3,800 hours on this aircraft <a href="/wiki/Type_rating" title="Type rating">type</a>. First Officer Trukhachev had 5,641 hours of flight time, including more than 1,300 hours on the aircraft type.<sup id="cite_ref-ah_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Russian embassy confirmed that most of the passengers and all of the crew members were Russian.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also one Belarusian and four Ukrainian passengers on board.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the passengers were tourists returning from <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> resorts.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Association of Tour Operators of Russia released the passenger manifest of all those thought to have been on the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the passengers were from northwest Russia, including Saint Petersburg and the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Oblast" title="Leningrad Oblast">Leningrad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novgorod_Oblast" title="Novgorod Oblast">Novgorod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pskov_Oblast" title="Pskov Oblast">Pskov</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblasts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mchsvictims_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchsvictims-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A great number of children were orphaned by the crash as many parents on the flight had left their children behind in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crash">Crash</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Crash"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flight_7K9268_crash.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flight_7K9268_crash.svg/170px-Flight_7K9268_crash.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flight_7K9268_crash.svg/255px-Flight_7K9268_crash.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flight_7K9268_crash.svg/340px-Flight_7K9268_crash.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="414" /></a><figcaption>The route of the aircraft. The black dot indicates the starting point of the flight; the red dot indicates the last position at which the aircraft was tracked.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight 9268 left <a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh" title="Sharm El Sheikh">Sharm El Sheikh</a> at 05:50 <a href="/wiki/Egypt_Standard_Time" title="Egypt Standard Time">EGY</a> (03:50 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>) on 31 October 2015<sup id="cite_ref-FR24_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR24-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport" title="Pulkovo Airport">Pulkovo Airport</a> in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with 217 passengers and seven crew members on board. The aircraft failed to make contact with Cyprus Air Traffic Control 23 minutes later.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" title="Islamic State – Sinai Province">Islamic State's Sinai branch</a> (IS–SP) said in a statement the same day that it had brought down the airliner. Wassim Nasr, <a href="/wiki/France_24" title="France 24">France 24</a>'s expert on jihadi movements, said that Islamic State has never claimed an attack they did not commit.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russian media outlets<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (February 2023)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> claimed that the pilot reported technical problems and had requested a landing at the nearest airport before the A321 went missing. This claim was disputed by other sources, including the Egyptian authorities, and subsequent analysis of the <a href="/wiki/Flight_recorder" title="Flight recorder">flight recorder</a> data confirmed that this was false.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Civilian_Aviation_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Civilian Aviation Ministry">Egyptian Civilian Aviation Ministry</a> issued a statement that indicated the flight was at an altitude of 31,000 ft (9,400 m) when it disappeared from radar screens after a steep descent of 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in one minute. <a href="/wiki/Flightradar24" title="Flightradar24">Flightradar24</a> shows the aircraft climbing to 33,500 ft (10,200 m) at 404 kn (748 km/h; 465 mph) before suddenly descending to 28,375 ft (8,649 m) at 62 kn (115 km/h; 71 mph) approximately 50 km (31 mi; 27 nmi) north east of <a href="/wiki/Nekhel" title="Nekhel">Nekhel</a>, after which its position was no longer tracked.<sup id="cite_ref-flirad-24_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flirad-24-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bomb exploded in the aircraft, causing <a href="/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression" title="Uncontrolled decompression">uncontrolled decompression</a>, and the aircraft disintegrated in mid-air.<sup id="cite_ref-extraneous_sound_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extraneous_sound-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs additional references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">additional citation(s) needed</span></a></i>]</sup> All 224 passengers and crew died.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png/220px-Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png/330px-Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png/440px-Flightradar24.com_-_flight_7K9268.png 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>Last data received by <a href="/wiki/Flightradar24" title="Flightradar24">Flightradar24.com</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf/page1-220px-KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf/page1-330px-KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf/page1-440px-KGL_9268_FlightData.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="1275" /></a><figcaption>Flight data received by <a href="/wiki/Flightradar24" title="Flightradar24">FlightRadar24.com</a> receivers since 04:12:00 UTC</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg/220px-Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg/330px-Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg/440px-Metrojet_9268_tail_section_wreckage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="965" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Tail of the doomed flight after the crash</figcaption></figure> <p>Wreckage was scattered over 20 square kilometres (8 sq mi; 6 sq nmi), with the forward section about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from the tail, indicating that the aircraft had broken up during flight.<sup id="cite_ref-Kramer1Nov_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kramer1Nov-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aerial images of the wreckage broadcast on <a href="/wiki/RT_(TV_network)" title="RT (TV network)">RT</a> indicated that the wings were intact until impact.<sup id="cite_ref-Irving2015_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irving2015-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The debris pattern, combined with an initial interpretation of the aircraft's abrupt changes in altitude and airspeed, reinforced the presumption that the aircraft's tail separated during flight and fell separately.<sup id="cite_ref-Irving2015_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Irving2015-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Response">Response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Egyptian authorities reached the wreckage site within hours.<sup id="cite_ref-ah_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fifty ambulances were sent to the crash site near Housna, 300 kilometres (190 mi; 160 nmi) from Sharm El Sheikh.<sup id="cite_ref-blive_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blive-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unnamed Egyptian officials reported that the aircraft "split in two" and most bodies were found strapped to their seats. Initial reports indicated that voices of trapped passengers could be heard in a section of the crashed aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-ElgotJohnstonKhalil2015_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ElgotJohnstonKhalil2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Egyptian search and rescue team had found 163 bodies by 1 November. As the search area widened, the Egyptian team found the body of a child about 8 kilometres (5 mi; 4 nmi) from the wreckage, indicating that the aircraft had broken up in mid-air, confirmed by Russian investigator Viktor Sorochenko.<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo1_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indept_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indept-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ah_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation">Investigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ayman al-Muqaddam, the head of the central air traffic accident authority in Egypt, was appointed to investigate the cause of the crash. In a statement on 31 October, he indicated that the pilot had made contact with the civil aviation authorities and asked to land at the nearest airport. He suggested the aircraft may have been attempting an emergency landing at <a href="/wiki/El_Arish_International_Airport" title="El Arish International Airport">El Arish International Airport</a> in northern Sinai.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup> On the same day, Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel said that air traffic control recordings did not show any distress calls, nor change of route requests by the pilots.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters-31.oct_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters-31.oct-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The President of Egypt, <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a>, said that an investigation of the crash would take months.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 October the <a href="/wiki/International_Charter_on_Space_and_Major_Disasters" class="mw-redirect" title="International Charter on Space and Major Disasters">International Charter on Space and Major Disasters</a> was activated, providing for the humanitarian retasking of satellite assets.<sup id="cite_ref-International_Charter_on_Space_and_Major_Disasters_activation_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-International_Charter_on_Space_and_Major_Disasters_activation-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)">Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations</a> sent three of its aircraft to the crash site. The <a href="/wiki/Investigative_Committee_of_Russia" title="Investigative Committee of Russia">Investigative Committee of Russia</a> also started a legal case against Kogalymavia under legislation regulating "violation of rules of flights and preparations."<sup id="cite_ref-mchs_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchs-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kogalymavia's employees were also questioned, along with those of the Brisco tour agency that had chartered the flight. Egyptian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Sameh_Shoukry" title="Sameh Shoukry">Sameh Shoukry</a> promised to work closely with Russian officials and investigators to find the cause of the accident. The aircraft had passed technical checks before taking off. Investigators would also view the security camera footage.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after the crash, Russia's regional transport prosecutors determined that the quality of fuel on the aircraft met required standards.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The aviation accident investigation agencies <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Enquiry_and_Analysis_for_Civil_Aviation_Safety" title="Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety">BEA</a> (France), <a href="/wiki/German_Federal_Bureau_of_Aircraft_Accident_Investigation" title="German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation">BFU</a> (Germany), and <a href="/wiki/Air_Accident_Investigation_Unit" title="Air Accident Investigation Unit">AAIU</a> (Ireland) participated in the investigation as representatives for the state of the aircraft's design, manufacture, and registration respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-BEA_investigation_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEA_investigation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BEA sent two investigators, accompanied by six representatives from Airbus, to Egypt on 1 November.<sup id="cite_ref-BEA_investigation_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEA_investigation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the BEA, they joined two investigators from the BFU and four investigators from the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Aviation_Committee" title="Interstate Aviation Committee">Interstate Aviation Committee</a>, their Russian counterpart, representing the state of the aircraft's operator.<sup id="cite_ref-BEA_investigation_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEA_investigation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both the <a href="/wiki/Flight_data_recorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight data recorder">flight data recorder</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cockpit_voice_recorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Cockpit voice recorder">cockpit voice recorder</a> were recovered from the crash site on 1 November. Russian Transport Minister <a href="/wiki/Maksim_Sokolov" title="Maksim Sokolov">Maksim Sokolov</a> and a team of specialist investigators arrived in Cairo to assist the Egyptian investigators in determining the cause of the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 November, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry Investigators reported that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was partially damaged and much work was required to extract data from it.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CVR indicated that everything was normal until a sudden disastrous event. An explosion or other sudden loud noise was heard very shortly before the recorder stopped recording.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An unnamed official quoted by Reuters said that Flight 9268's tail section separated from the main body of the fuselage and was burning, which could indicate an explosion.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a senior US defence official speaking on 2 November, a US <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> satellite detected a heat flash at the time and place of the disaster, and the <a href="/wiki/US_intelligence_community" class="mw-redirect" title="US intelligence community">US intelligence community</a> believed that it could have been an explosion on the aircraft, by either a fuel tank or a bomb and the satellite imagery also ruled out a missile attack. US Director of National Intelligence <a href="/wiki/James_Clapper" title="James Clapper">James Clapper</a> said that there was not yet any "direct evidence of terrorist involvement".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some UK news outlets reported that an <a href="/wiki/ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIL">ISIL</a> bomb was the most likely explanation for the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within a week of the crash, serious considerations were given to the notion that the plane had been intentionally brought down. The UK government said that in the light of further British intelligence, the crash "may well have been caused by an explosive device".<sup id="cite_ref-bbccancel_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbccancel-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British aviation experts travelled to Egypt to assess airport security; the UK government <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office_Briefing_Room" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Office Briefing Room">Cobra</a> emergency committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, considered their findings. The BBC reported that the British government thinks the incident was probably caused by terrorism based on <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">intercepted transmissions</a> between militants based in Sinai. These transmissions suggest that a bomb was put in the hold prior to takeoff. Although the British have not ruled out a technical fault, the BBC reports that is "increasingly unlikely".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United Kingdom stopped flights from and to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, causing a number of British tourists to be stranded.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Adams_(journalist)" title="Paul Adams (journalist)">Paul Adams</a>, BBC world affairs correspondent, said that Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s spokesperson left little doubt that the British government believed the aircraft was brought down by a bomb. Adams said that suspending flights both to and from a foreign country and insisting on your own technical experts assessing security demonstrated a lack of confidence in that country's own security measures.<sup id="cite_ref-bbccancel_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbccancel-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Security experts and investigators have said the aircraft is unlikely to have been struck from the outside and Sinai militants are not believed to have any missiles capable of striking an airliner at 30,000 ft (9,100 m).<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cockpit voice recorder was sent to France, where its contents were downloaded by the BEA. The recording was heard to cut off abruptly, consistent with an explosion on board.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 November, Reuters quoted an unnamed Egyptian investigation team member, speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the investigation, who said he was "90% sure" the airliner was brought down by a bomb, based on an initial analysis of the last second of the cockpit voice recording. Lead investigator Ayman al-Muqaddam said that other causes, such as <a href="/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery" title="Lithium-ion battery">lithium batteries</a> overheating, a fuel explosion, or metal fatigue in the structure, still needed to be definitively ruled out.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 November 2015, the Russian security service chief <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bortnikov" title="Alexander Bortnikov">Alexander Bortnikov</a> announced that their investigation had concluded that a "terror act" brought down Metrojet Flight 9268 after traces of explosives were found in the wreckage. <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopy" title="Spectroscopy">Spectral analysis</a> was used among other methods to examine the substance found.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Russian officials, an <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">improvised explosive device</a> with <a href="/wiki/TNT_equivalent" title="TNT equivalent">power equivalent</a> to up to 1 kilogram of <a href="/wiki/TNT" title="TNT">TNT</a> brought down the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-crash-bomb-jet_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crash-bomb-jet-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbc3322272_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbc3322272-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FSB1_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSB1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia offered a US$50 million reward for further information.<sup id="cite_ref-FSB2_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSB2-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reuters reported that, according to security sources, two employees of Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh airport had been detained for questioning over the crash on suspicion of putting a bomb on board the flight. Egyptian authorities denied this.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 November 2015, ISIL published pictures of what it claimed was the type of bomb in its <i><a href="/wiki/Dabiq_(magazine)" title="Dabiq (magazine)">Dabiq</a></i> online magazine, claiming to show the three <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">IED</a> components including a <a href="/wiki/Schweppes" title="Schweppes">Schweppes</a> soda can containing the explosive charge, a military-grade detonator and switch.<sup id="cite_ref-IBTB_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBTB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month Russian Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a> announced that the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province">Sinai branch of ISIL</a> was responsible for downing of the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 December 2015 the Egyptian committee investigating the crash issued a preliminary report. The leader of the committee said that it had so far found "no evidence that there is an act of terror or illegal intervention".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the statement by the investigating committee, Russian spokesman <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Peskov" title="Dmitry Peskov">Dmitry Peskov</a> re-iterated that "our experts concluded this was a terrorist attack".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 January 2016 Reuters reported, from an unnamed source, that a mechanic had been detained and was suspected of planting a bomb, which he had been given by his cousin, who was a member of IS. Two policemen and a <a href="/wiki/Baggage_handling_system" title="Baggage handling system">baggage-handler</a> suspected of helping the mechanic were also detained. None of the four had yet been prosecuted.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 February 2016, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Egypt" title="President of Egypt">Egyptian President</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a> acknowledged that terrorism caused the crash, saying, "Has terrorism ended? No... Whoever downed that plane, what did he want? Just to hit tourism? No. To hit relations. To hit relations with Russia."<sup id="cite_ref-el-sisi_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-el-sisi-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Abu_Osama_al-Masri" title="Abu Osama al-Masri">Abu Osama al-Masri</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> branch in the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province">Wilayat Sinai</a>, who became a person of interest in the downing of the plane,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was killed in June 2018 during an airstrike at an Islamic State location.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_hypotheses">Other hypotheses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other hypotheses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tailstrike_and_maintenance_hypotheses">Tailstrike and maintenance hypotheses</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tailstrike and maintenance hypotheses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airline officials have announced that they have ruled out mechanical failure, but investigators have still not made such a determination.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Natalya Trukhacheva, the ex-wife of co-pilot Sergei Trukhachev, said in an interview with <a href="/wiki/NTV_(Russia)" title="NTV (Russia)">NTV</a> that her ex-husband had complained to their daughter about the aircraft's technical state.<sup id="cite_ref-natalya_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natalya-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-copilot-wife_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copilot-wife-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The aircraft involved in the crash had suffered a tailstrike while landing in Cairo 14 years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-asn_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asn-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2001Accident_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Accident-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some have drawn comparisons to <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123" title="Japan Air Lines Flight 123">Japan Air Lines Flight 123</a>, which crashed into a mountain in 1985, 7 years after the aircraft had suffered a tailstrike while landing.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flight 123 suffered catastrophic damage in mid-air while climbing to its cruising altitude. The crash of Flight 123 was caused by an incorrect repair of the aircraft's <a href="/wiki/Empennage" title="Empennage">tail section</a> following the tailstrike, which left the <a href="/wiki/Aft_pressure_bulkhead" title="Aft pressure bulkhead">rear pressure bulkhead</a> of the airliner vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Fatigue_(material)" title="Fatigue (material)">metal fatigue</a> and ultimately resulted in <a href="/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression" title="Uncontrolled decompression">explosive decompression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports on the wreckage of Flight 9268 have suggested that a "clear break" occurred near the plane's rear pressure bulkhead, possibly indicating failure of the bulkhead.<sup id="cite_ref-2001Accident_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001Accident-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 November, Metrojet spokesman Alexander Smirnov insisted that the aircraft was 100% airworthy and that its crew was "very experienced", showing certificates the airline had received in 2014, later adding that the tailstrike incident in Cairo had been fully repaired and the engines had been inspected on 26 October, five days before the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Missile_hypothesis">Missile hypothesis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Missile hypothesis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a report by UK newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, a missile attack was "deemed unlikely" but the report stated that several airlines would avoid flying over Sinai while the crash was under investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_59-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 November, Metrojet spokesman Alexander Smirnov ruled out technical fault and <a href="/wiki/Pilot_error" title="Pilot error">pilot error</a> as the cause of the crash and blamed an "external force".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ISIL's Wilayah Sinai claimed the incident was in revenge for <a href="/wiki/Russian_military_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War">Russian air strikes against militants in Syria</a>, where IS controls territories, along with contiguous Iraqi territories. Wilayah Sinai was said not to have access to <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a> capable of hitting an aircraft at high altitude since <a href="/wiki/Man-portable_air-defence_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Man-portable air-defence systems">man-portable air-defence systems</a> (MANPADS) can rarely reach even half the cruising altitude of an airliner, but analysts could not exclude the possibility of a bomb on board the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov dismissed the claims as "fabrications" due to a lack of evidence from Egyptian civil aviation, from security officials and from air traffic data.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Clapper, United States <a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a>, said on 2 November that there was no evidence yet of terrorist involvement but that he would not rule it out.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, a source on the committee analysing the <a href="/wiki/Flight_recorder" title="Flight recorder">flight recorders</a> said he believed that the aircraft was not struck from the outside and that the pilot did not make a <a href="/wiki/Distress_signal" title="Distress signal">distress signal</a> before it disappeared from <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>. He based his comments on the preliminary investigation of both flight recorders.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disruption_to_air_traffic">Disruption to air traffic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Disruption to air traffic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All flights due to leave Sharm El Sheikh for Britain were delayed as a "precautionary measure" to allow experts to assess security. <a href="/wiki/Emirates_(airline)" title="Emirates (airline)">Emirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lufthansa" title="Lufthansa">Lufthansa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_France%E2%80%93KLM" title="Air France–KLM">Air France–KLM</a> announced they would avoid flying over the Sinai peninsula until the cause of the accident has been determined. The United States' <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> had previously told carriers under its jurisdiction to operate above <a href="/wiki/Flight_level" title="Flight level">FL260</a> (26,000 feet [7,900 m]) while flying over Sinai. Germany's <a href="/wiki/Luftfahrt-Bundesamt" title="Luftfahrt-Bundesamt">Luftfahrt-Bundesamt</a> had told its airlines the same thing.<sup id="cite_ref-ah_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Air_Arabia" title="Air Arabia">Air Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flydubai" title="Flydubai">Flydubai</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> also stopped their flights over the Sinai Peninsula in response to the crash. The latter stated that they planned to continue flights over Sinai, although the intended alternative route was not announced. <a href="/wiki/EasyJet" title="EasyJet">EasyJet</a> initially stated that they would not halt their flights to and from <a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh" title="Sharm El Sheikh">Sharm El Sheikh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hurghada" title="Hurghada">Hurghada</a>, but would actively review them; passengers who opted not to fly the route would be re-booked on another flight or given a flight voucher.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 November, the British <a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a> (FCO) changed their travel advice to advise against all but essential travel by air to Sharm El Sheikh.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph20151105_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph20151105-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, all British flights to and from the resort were cancelled from 4 November.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Aviation_Authority" title="Irish Aviation Authority">Irish Aviation Authority</a> (IAA) issued an order to all Irish airline operators not to operate to or from Sharm el‐Sheikh or fly over the Sinai Peninsula until further notice.<sup id="cite_ref-bbccancel_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbccancel-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decisions on 4 November by the British and Irish authorities to ground flights to and from Sharm El Sheikh came within minutes of each other.<sup id="cite_ref-US-UK_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a>, UK <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Secretary of State for Transport</a>, told Parliament that Ireland had investigators from the <a href="/wiki/Air_Accident_Investigation_Unit" title="Air Accident Investigation Unit">Air Accident Investigation Unit</a> (AAIU) in Egypt reporting back to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Irish government</a>, and the British and Irish governments have close security co-operation.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the morning of 5 November <a href="/wiki/Air_France-KLM" class="mw-redirect" title="Air France-KLM">Air France-KLM</a> announced that it would not allow hold baggage on its flight out from Cairo that day; over half of the booked passengers refused to fly.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were an estimated 20,000 British citizens in Sharm El Sheikh on 5 November, almost half of whom were on holiday and stranded by the cancellation of flights.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC05_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC05-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flights to the UK were allowed again from 6 November, to enable people to travel home, but with restrictions and increased security measures. Passengers were permitted to travel home with only hand luggage, with hold luggage to be returned following a more stringent screening process.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British officials at the airport provided extra security and approved aircraft as safe to travel.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC05_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC05-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> announced on 6 November that all Russian flights to and from Egypt were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most British airlines serving the resort sent repatriation flights out to the resort to bring stranded British tourists back to the United Kingdom. On the afternoon of 6 November, Egyptian authorities placed restrictions on the number of flights due to overcrowding in the terminals; as a result, only eight of the planned 29 repatriation flights were able to leave on the day with various flights forced to divert or return to the UK whilst in the air.<sup id="cite_ref-sky.com_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sky.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 8 November about 11,000 Russian tourists and about 5,300 British tourists had been flown back from the resort.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 November, British airlines announced that all flights to the resort had been cancelled until at least 25 November.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British government and head of <a href="/wiki/Emirates_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirates Airlines">Emirates Airlines</a> stated that airport security throughout the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> could be significantly overhauled as a result of the bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 15 November, 16,000 British tourists had been flown back from the resort since the suspension of flights.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2016, Metrojet filed for bankruptcy as a result of the bombing of Flight 9268 and the security situation in Egypt, both of which resulted in a fall in passenger numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2018, <a href="/wiki/Aeroflot" title="Aeroflot">Aeroflot</a> and <a href="/wiki/EgyptAir" class="mw-redirect" title="EgyptAir">EgyptAir</a> resumed flights between Moscow and Cairo,<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and flights between Russia and other Egyptian destinations restarted in August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Airports around the world tightened the security vetting for staff. About 70 employees lost their clearance to work in secure zones of Paris's <a href="/wiki/Orly_Airport" title="Orly Airport">Orly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport" title="Charles de Gaulle Airport">Charles de Gaulle</a> airports due to suspected extremist links.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_reactions">International reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: International reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 November 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Russia" title="Government of Russia">Government of Russia</a> grounded all the A321 aircraft flown by Kogalymavia. The Russian transport regulator, <a href="/wiki/Rostransnadzor" class="mw-redirect" title="Rostransnadzor">Rostransnadzor</a>, requested Kogalymavia to stop flying its A321 aircraft until the cause(s) of the crash had been identified.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maria_Zakharova" title="Maria Zakharova">Maria Zakharova</a>, a spokeswoman for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)">Russian Foreign Ministry</a>, stated that the <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Russia" title="List of diplomatic missions of Russia">Russian Embassy</a> was following the events.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Putin declared 1 November to be a <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">national day of mourning</a> in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Kiselyov" title="Dmitry Kiselyov">Dmitry Kiselyov</a>, a Soviet and Russian journalist, blamed the crash on an alleged secret pact between America and ISIL.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially representatives of the Russian government claimed that "there is not the slightest evidence" for a terrorist attack and especially denied any links between the crash and <a href="/wiki/Russian_military_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War">Russian intervention in Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 November Russia's security chief said the cause of the attack was an act of terror, and the Russian Government offered a US$50 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.<sup id="cite_ref-FSB2_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSB2-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5_%D0%90321_31.10.15.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="People place flowers and children's toys on the Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, 4 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data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">People place flowers and children's toys on the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Square" title="Palace Square">Palace Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, 4 November 2015</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 213.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Flowers and children's toys at the Pulkovo Airport entrance. The sign at the back says "To the victims of A321 plane crash"."><img alt="Flowers and children's toys at the Pulkovo Airport entrance. The sign at the back says "To the victims of A321 plane crash"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG/320px-Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG" decoding="async" width="214" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG/480px-Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG/640px-Flowers_for_Metrojet_flight_9268_victims.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flowers and children's toys at the <a href="/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport" title="Pulkovo Airport">Pulkovo Airport</a> entrance. The sign at the back says "To the victims of A321 plane crash".</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_(Kremlin,_Moscow,_2015-11-17)_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting of investigators of the crash"><img alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting of investigators of the crash" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg/292px-Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg/438px-Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg/584px-Meeting_on_investigation_into_the_crash_of_a_Russian_airliner_over_Sinai_%28Kremlin%2C_Moscow%2C_2015-11-17%29_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1160" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> attending a meeting of investigators of the crash</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Egypt">Egypt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hours after the crash, Egyptian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Sherif_Ismail" title="Sherif Ismail">Sherif Ismail</a> was on his way to the crash site along with other ministers on a private jet, according to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(Egypt)" title="Ministry of Tourism (Egypt)">Tourism Ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-blive_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blive-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, as the state of aircraft registry, made an offer of assistance which was accepted by the Egyptian accident investigation authorities for the Irish <a href="/wiki/Air_Accident_Investigation_Unit" title="Air Accident Investigation Unit">Air Accident Investigation Unit</a> (AAIU) of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport,_Tourism_and_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport">Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport</a> to send a team consisting of an Operations/Pilot Inspector, an Engineering Inspector and a Regulatory/Operations Adviser from the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Aviation_Authority" title="Irish Aviation Authority">Irish Aviation Authority</a> (IAA) to assist in the investigation. The team flew out on an Irish military aircraft on 2 November.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, which borders the Sinai peninsula, offered to assist Russia and Egypt with surveillance if needed.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Was this offer accepted? (May 2023)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukraine">Ukraine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ukraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a trade visit to Cairo in April 2018, Ukrainian foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Pavlo_Klimkin" title="Pavlo Klimkin">Pavlo Klimkin</a> discussed the bombing and its effects.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 November <a href="/wiki/British_intelligence_agencies" title="British intelligence agencies">British intelligence agencies</a> became involved in the investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph20151105_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph20151105-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK government sent extra consular staff and half a dozen military planners to Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20151105_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20151105-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> Egyptian President al-Sisi met then British Prime Minister Cameron in London.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a joint press conference with Cameron, President Sisi said Egypt would co-operate on improved security measures at Sharm El Sheikh airport.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20151105_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20151105-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cameron and Russian President Putin also discussed the investigation into the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20151105_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20151105-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> On 5 November, the government sent diplomatic staff including British embassy staff and FCO Rapid Deployment Teams to Sharm El Sheikh airport to help British nationals home.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Less than a week after the crash, the UK banned flights into Sharm El-Sheikh airport; the restriction lasted until October 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 5 November 2017, the UK government was also advising against "all but essential" travel to the South Sinai "with the exception of the area within the Sharm el Sheikh perimeter barrier, which includes the airport and the areas of Sharm el Maya, Hadaba, Naama Bay, Sharks Bay and Nabq". Since flights from other countries were continuing, the UK government reminded its citizens of its ongoing recommendation against all but essential travel by air to or from Sharm el Sheikh.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> stated, on 5 November, that the US government was taking the incident "very seriously", knowing there was a possibility that there had been a bomb on board the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charlie_Hebdo"><i>Charlie Hebdo</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Charlie Hebdo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 November, the French satirical weekly magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo" title="Charlie Hebdo">Charlie Hebdo</a></i> published cartoons referring to the tragedy, one with pieces of an aircraft falling on an ISIL fighter with the caption: "Russia's air force intensifies its bombing." The cartoon was considered offensive in Russia and a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin called the artwork "sacrilege", and members of the <a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a> called for the magazine to be banned as extremist literature and demanded an apology from the French government.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metrojet_Flight_9268&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit 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title="2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash">Seville Airbus A400M crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">May 12</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Charikot_helicopter_crash" title="2015 Charikot helicopter crash">Charikot Helicopter Crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jun 30</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sumatra_Indonesian_Air_Force_C-130_crash" title="2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash">Indonesian Air Force Hercules crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jul 7</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Moncks_Corner_mid-air_collision" title="2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision">Moncks Corner mid-air collision</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jul 31</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Blackbushe_Phenom_300_crash" title="2015 Blackbushe Phenom 300 crash">Blackbushe Phenom 300 crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 4</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Colombia_helicopter_crash" title="2015 Colombia helicopter crash">Colombia helicopter crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 16</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Trigana_Air_Flight_267" title="Trigana Air Flight 267">Trigana Air Flight 267</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 20</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_%C4%8Cerven%C3%BD_Kame%C5%88_mid-air_collision" title="2015 Červený Kameň mid-air collision">Červený Kameň mid-air collision</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 22</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash" title="2015 Shoreham Airshow crash">Shoreham Airshow crash</a></div></div><div><div 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hafs_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hudhayfah_Al-Ansari" title="Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari">Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qadir_Mumin" title="Abdul Qadir Mumin">Abdul Qadir Mumin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Fatima_al-Jaheishi" title="Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi">Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yusaf" title="Abu Yusaf">Abu Yusaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Baraa_el-Azdi" title="Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi">Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Habib_al-Libi" title="Abu Habib al-Libi">Abu Habib al-Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Jandal_al-Masri" title="Abu Jandal al-Masri">Abu Jandal al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulfi_Hoxha" title="Zulfi Hoxha">Zulfi Hoxha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajro_Ikanovi%C4%87" title="Bajro Ikanović">Bajro Ikanović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faysal_Ahmad_Ali_al-Zahrani" title="Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani">Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatiha_Mejjati" title="Fatiha Mejjati">Fatiha Mejjati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahlam_al-Nasr" title="Ahlam al-Nasr">Ahlam al-Nasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Issam_Abuanza" title="Issam Abuanza">Issam Abuanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Baluku" title="Musa Baluku">Musa Baluku</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ibrahim_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Hasan_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Hussein_al-Husseini_al-Qurashi" title="Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi">Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ahmad_al-Alwani" title="Abu Ahmad al-Alwani">Abu Ahmad al-Alwani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Bakr" title="Haji Bakr">Haji Bakr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Usamah_al-Maghrebi" title="Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi">Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Abdulrahman_al-Bilawi" title="Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi">Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhannad_al-Suwaydawi" title="Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi">Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rauf_Aliza" title="Abdul Rauf Aliza">Abdul Rauf Aliza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf_(Islamic_State_leader)" title="Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State leader)">Abu Sayyaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Awni_al-Harzi" title="Ali Awni al-Harzi">Ali Awni al-Harzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_al-Harzi" title="Tariq al-Harzi">Tariq al-Harzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khattab_al-Tunisi" title="Abu Khattab al-Tunisi">Abu Khattab al-Tunisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maher_Meshaal" title="Maher Meshaal">Maher Meshaal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muslim_al-Turkmani" title="Abu Muslim al-Turkmani">Abu Muslim al-Turkmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Saleh" title="Abu Saleh">Abu Saleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jihadi_John" title="Jihadi John">Mohammed Emwazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Nabil_al-Anbari" title="Abu Nabil al-Anbari">Abu Nabil al-Anbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ali_al-Anbari" title="Abu Ali al-Anbari">Abu Ali al-Anbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Waheeb" title="Abu Waheeb">Abu Waheeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Aswad_al-Jiburi" title="Ali Aswad al-Jiburi">Ali Aswad al-Jiburi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Omar_al-Shishani" title="Abu Omar al-Shishani">Abu Omar al-Shishani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El-Hassen_Ould_Khalill_Jouleibib" class="mw-redirect" title="El-Hassen Ould Khalill Jouleibib">El-Hassen Ould Khalill Jouleibib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Mohammad_al-Adnani" title="Abu Mohammad al-Adnani">Abu Mohammad al-Adnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hamza_Al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi">Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Furqan" title="Abu Muhammad al-Furqan">Abu Muhammad al-Furqan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Jandal_al-Kuwaiti" title="Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti">Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bilal_al-Harbi" title="Abu Bilal al-Harbi">Abu Bilal al-Harbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Abousamra" title="Ahmad Abousamra">Ahmad Abousamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turki_al-Binali" title="Turki al-Binali">Turki al-Binali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tareq_Kamleh" title="Tareq Kamleh">Tareq Kamleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavdrim_Muhaxheri" title="Lavdrim Muhaxheri">Lavdrim Muhaxheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Osama_al-Masri" title="Abu Osama al-Masri">Abu Osama al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abul-Hasan_al-Muhajir" title="Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir">Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Shimali" title="Abu Muhammad al-Shimali">Abu Muhammad al-Shimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulmurod_Khalimov" title="Gulmurod Khalimov">Gulmurod Khalimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Nasser_Qardash" title="Abdul Nasser Qardash">Abdul Nasser Qardash</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yasser_al-Issawi" title="Abu Yasser al-Issawi">Abu Yasser al-Issawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hamza_Al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi">Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusuf al-Hindi">Yusuf al-Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Omar_al-Muhajir" title="Abu Omar al-Muhajir">Abu Omar al-Muhajir</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othman_al-Nazih" title="Othman al-Nazih">Othman al-Nazih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Udeen_Al-Harith" title="Jamal Udeen Al-Harith">Jamal Udeen Al-Harith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aine_Davis" title="Aine Davis">Aine Davis</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexanda_Kotey" title="Alexanda Kotey">Alexanda Kotey</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Shafee_Elsheikh" title="El Shafee Elsheikh">El Shafee Elsheikh</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cuspert" title="Denis Cuspert">Denis Cuspert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abaaoud" title="Abdelhamid Abaaoud">Abdelhamid Abaaoud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boubaker_El_Hakim" title="Boubaker El Hakim">Boubaker El Hakim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Islamic_State" title="History of the Islamic State">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jama%27at_al-Tawhid_wal-Jihad" title="Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad">Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad</a> (1999–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al-Qaeda in Iraq">Al-Qaeda in Iraq</a> (2004–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujahideen_Shura_Council_(Iraq)" title="Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)">Mujahideen Shura Council</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> (2006–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State#Name" title="Islamic State">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">Timeline of events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2013)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2013)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2014)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2014)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2015)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2015)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2016)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2016)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2017)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2017)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2018)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2018)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2019)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2019)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2020)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2021" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2022" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2023" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2024)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2024)">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Specific_territorial_claims" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Khorasan_Province" title="Islamic State – Khorasan Province">Khorasan Province (Afghanistan and Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Libya_Province" title="Islamic State – Libya Province">Libyan Provinces (Libya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Caucasus_Province" title="Islamic State – Caucasus Province">Caucasus Province (North Caucasus, Russia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" title="Islamic State – Sinai Province">Sinai Province (Sinai, Egypt)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Algeria_Province" title="Islamic State – Algeria Province">Algeria Province (Algeria)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province" title="Islamic State – Yemen Province">Yemen Province (Yemen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Somalia">Abnaa ul-Khilafah (Somalia and Somaliland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Bengal_Province" title="Islamic State – Bengal Province">Bengal Province (Bangladesh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Mali)</a> (2015–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_West_Africa_Province" title="Islamic State – West Africa Province">West Africa Province (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Central_Africa_Province" title="Islamic State – Central Africa Province">Central Africa Province (DR Congo and Uganda)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sahil_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State – Sahil Province">Sahil Province (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Hind_Province" title="Islamic State – Hind Province">Hind Province (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Tunisia_Province" title="Islamic State – Tunisia Province">Tunisia Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Pakistan_Province" title="Islamic State – Pakistan Province">Pakistan Province (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Turkey_Province" title="Islamic State – Turkey Province">Turkey Province (Turkey)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Azerbaijan_Province" title="Islamic State – Azerbaijan Province">Azerbaijan Province (Azerbaijan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(Mozambique)" title="Al-Shabaab (Mozambique)">Mozambique Province (Mozambique)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid_Army" title="Khalid ibn al-Walid Army">Khalid ibn al-Walid Army (Syria)</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Omar_Hadid_Brigade" title="Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade">Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade (Gaza)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf (Philippines)</a> (2014–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_Khalifa_Philippines" title="Ansar Khalifa Philippines">Ansar Khalifa (Philippines)</a> (2014–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Khilafah_Brazil" title="Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil">Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (Brazil)</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indonesia_Mujahideen" title="East Indonesia Mujahideen">East Indonesia Mujahideen (Indonesia)</a> (2014–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unorganized cells</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir Province (Jammu and Kashmir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Kurdistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Kurdistan">Kurdistan Province (Kurdistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Saudi_Arabia" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Haramayn Province (Saudi Arabia and Bahrain)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Lebanon_and_Tunisia" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Lebanon Province (Lebanon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Islamic_State_terror_cell" title="Brussels Islamic State terror cell">Brussels Islamic State terror cell (Belgium)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_and_battles_involving_the_Islamic_State" title="List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State">Wars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)">Insurgency (2003–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_civil_war_(2006%E2%80%932008)" title="Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)">Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2011%E2%80%932013)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)">Insurgency (2011–2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Iraq_(2013%E2%80%932017)" title="War in Iraq (2013–2017)">War in Iraq (2013–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Iraq_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)">Insurgency (2017–present)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Spillover of the Syrian civil war">Spillover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war_spillover_in_Lebanon" title="Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon">Spillover in Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition%E2%80%93Islamic_State_conflict_during_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war">Opposition–Islamic State conflict</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinai_insurgency" title="Sinai insurgency">Sinai insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020)" title="Libyan civil war (2014–2020)">Second Libyan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Cabo_Delgado" title="Insurgency in Cabo Delgado">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamist_insurgency_in_the_Sahel" title="Islamist insurgency in the Sahel">Islamist insurgency in the Sahel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mali_War" title="Mali War">Mali War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State%E2%80%93Taliban_conflict" title="Islamic State–Taliban conflict">Conflict with Taliban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict (1968–2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" title="Boko Haram insurgency">Boko Haram insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" title="War against the Islamic State">Military intervention against IS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">US intervention in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">US intervention in Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war">Russian intervention in Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Euphrates_Shield" title="Operation Euphrates Shield">Turkish operation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_(2009%E2%80%93present)" title="Somali Civil War (2009–present)">Somalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_and_battles_involving_the_Islamic_State" title="List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State">Battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akashat_ambush" title="Akashat ambush">Akashat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hawija_clashes" title="2013 Hawija clashes">Hawija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_(2012%E2%80%932013)" title="Raqqa campaign (2012–2013)">Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_al-Shabah" title="Operation al-Shabah">Al-Shabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ras_al-Ayn_(2012%E2%80%9313)" title="Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13)">Ras al-Ayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tell_Abyad_(2013)" title="Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)">Tell Abyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Latakia_offensive" title="2013 Latakia offensive">Latakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Menagh_Air_Base" title="Siege of Menagh Air Base">Menagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sidi_Ali_Ben_Aoun" title="Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun">Sidi Ali Ben Aoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sadad" title="Battle of Sadad">Sadad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qalamoun_(2013%E2%80%932014)" title="Battle of Qalamoun (2013–2014)">Qalamoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(October%E2%80%93December_2013)" title="Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Yaarubiyah" title="Battle of al-Yaarubiyah">Al-Yaarubiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tell_Hamis_and_Tell_Brak_(December_2013%E2%80%93January_2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (December 2013–January 2014)">Tell Hamis and Tell Brak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anbar_campaign_(2013%E2%80%932014)" title="Anbar campaign (2013–2014)">Anbar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Fallujah" title="Fall of Fallujah">Fallujah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Aleppo_offensive_(February%E2%80%93July_2014)" title="Northern Aleppo offensive (February–July 2014)">N Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Markada" title="Battle of Markada">Markada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(June_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)">N Iraq (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Mosul" title="Fall of Mosul">Mosul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salahuddin_campaign" title="Salahuddin campaign">Salahuddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Baiji" title="Fall of Baiji">Baiji (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Tikrit" title="First Battle of Tikrit">Tikrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(August_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)">N Iraq (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Koban%C3%AE" title="Siege of Kobanî">Kobanî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinjar_massacre" title="Sinjar massacre">Sinjar (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derna_campaign_(2014%E2%80%932016)" title="Derna campaign (2014–2016)">Derna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2014%E2%80%932015)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2014–2015)">Ramadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(December_2014)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014)">Deir ez-Zor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baiji_(2014%E2%80%932015)" title="Battle of Baiji (2014–2015)">Baiji (14–15)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Sinjar_offensive" title="December 2014 Sinjar offensive">Sinjar (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zumar" title="Battle of Zumar">Zumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Amirli" title="Siege of Amirli">Amirli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Nofaliya_(2015)" title="Fall of Nofaliya (2015)">Nofaliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_West_African_offensive" title="2015 West African offensive">W Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Egyptian_airstrikes_in_Libya" title="February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya">Egyptian airstrikes in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Niger_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Niger raid">Niger raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_al-Hasakah_offensive" title="Eastern al-Hasakah offensive">E al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tikrit" title="Second Battle of Tikrit">Tikrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2015)" title="Battle of Sirte (2015)">Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hama_and_Homs_offensive_(March%E2%80%93April_2015)" title="Hama and Homs offensive (March–April 2015)">Hama & Homs (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sarrin_(March%E2%80%93April_2015)" title="Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)">Sarrin (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yarmouk_Camp_(2015)" title="Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)">Yarmouk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalamoun_offensive_(May%E2%80%93June_2015)" title="Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)">Qalamoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(May_2015)" title="Palmyra offensive (May 2015)">Palmyra (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Hasakah_offensive" title="Western al-Hasakah offensive">W al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hasakah_city_offensive" title="Al-Hasakah city offensive">Al-Hasakah city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Abyad_offensive" title="Tell Abyad offensive">Tell Abyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sarrin_(June%E2%80%93July_2015)" title="Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015)">Sarrin (Jun–Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Hasakah_(2015)" title="Battle of al-Hasakah (2015)">Al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koban%C3%AE_massacre" title="Kobanî massacre">Kobani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(July%E2%80%93August_2015)" title="Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015)">Palmyra (Jul–Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2015%E2%80%932016)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2015–2016)">Ramadi (15–16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Qaryatayn_(2015)" title="Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2015)">Al-Qaryatayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_al-Hawl_offensive" title="2015 al-Hawl offensive">Al-Hawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homs_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2015)" title="Homs offensive (November–December 2015)">Homs (Nov–Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2015_Sinjar_offensive" title="November 2015 Sinjar offensive">Sinjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Aleppo_offensive_(2015%E2%80%932016)" title="East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)">E Aleppo (15–16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineveh_Plains_offensive" title="Nineveh Plains offensive">Niveneh Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tishrin_Dam_offensive" title="Tishrin Dam offensive">Tishrin Dam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(2016)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)">Deir ez-Zor (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fallujah_(2016)" title="Siege of Fallujah (2016)">Fallujah (Feb–May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ben_Guerdane" title="Battle of Ben Guerdane">Ben Guerdane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ithriyah-Raqqa_offensive_(February%E2%80%93March_2016)" title="Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)">Ithriyah-Raqqa (Feb–Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shaddadi_offensive_(2016)" title="Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)">Al-Shaddadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Khanasir_offensive" title="2016 Khanasir offensive">Khanasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Qaryatayn_(2016)" title="Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2016)">Al-Qaryatayn (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(March_2016)" title="Palmyra offensive (March 2016)">Palmyra (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Aleppo_offensive_(March%E2%80%93June_2016)" title="Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)">N Aleppo (Mar–Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hit_(2016)" title="Battle of Hit (2016)">Hīt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tipo-Tipo" title="Battle of Tipo-Tipo">Tipo-Tipo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2016)" title="Battle of Sirte (2016)">Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ar-Rutbah_(2016)" title="Battle of Ar-Rutbah (2016)">Ar-Rutbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Raqqa_offensive" title="Northern Raqqa offensive">N Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Third Battle of Fallujah">Fallujah (May–Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbij_offensive_(2016)" title="Manbij offensive (2016)">Manbij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ithriyah-Raqqa_offensive_(June_2016)" title="Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016)">Ithriyah-Raqqa (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Abu_Kamal_offensive" title="2016 Abu Kamal offensive">Abu Kamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Rai_(August_2016)" title="Battle of al-Rai (August 2016)">al-Rai (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_al-Bab_offensive_(September_2016)" title="Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)">N al-Bab (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Bab_offensive_(September_2016)" title="Western al-Bab offensive (September 2016)">W al-Bab (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Dabiq_offensive" title="2016 Dabiq offensive">Dabiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Bab_offensive_(October%E2%80%93November_2016)" title="Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)">W al-Bab (Oct–Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Bab" title="Battle of al-Bab">Al-Bab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2016)" title="Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(December_2016)" title="Palmyra offensive (December 2016)">Palmyra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)">Mosul (16–17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)">Raqqa (16–17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(2017)" title="Palmyra offensive (2017)">Palmyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(January%E2%80%93February_2017)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)">Deir ez-Zor (Jan–Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Aleppo_offensive_(2017)" title="East Aleppo offensive (2017)">E Aleppo (Jan–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Homs_offensive_(2017)" title="Eastern Homs offensive (2017)">E Homs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hama_offensive_(March%E2%80%93April_2017)" title="Hama offensive (March–April 2017)">Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Western_Nineveh_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Western Nineveh offensive">W Nineveh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabqa" title="Battle of Tabqa">Tabqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Desert_campaign_(December_2016%E2%80%93April_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Desert campaign (December 2016–April 2017)">Syrian Desert (Dec 16–Apr 17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Desert_campaign_(May%E2%80%93July_2017)" title="Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)">Syrian Desert (May–Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maskanah_Plains_offensive" title="Maskanah Plains offensive">Maskanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Marawi" title="Siege of Marawi">Marawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)" title="Battle of Raqqa (2017)">Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Southern_Raqqa_offensive" title="2017 Southern Raqqa offensive">S Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Syria_campaign" title="Central Syria campaign">C Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tal_Afar_(2017)" title="Battle of Tal Afar (2017)">Tal Afar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017%E2%80%932019)" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Deir ez-Zor (17–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hawija" title="Battle of Hawija">Hawija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Syria_campaign_(September%E2%80%93December_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017)">E Syria (Sep–Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Syria_campaign_(October_2017%E2%80%93February_2018)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018)">NW Syria (Oct 17–Feb 18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Abu_Kamal_offensive" title="2017 Abu Kamal offensive">Abu Kamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Western_Iraq_campaign" title="2017 Western Iraq campaign">W Iraq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/As-Suwayda_offensive_(June_2018)" title="As-Suwayda offensive (June 2018)">As-Suwayda (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Southern_Syria_offensive" title="2018 Southern Syria offensive">S Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Suwayda_offensive_(August%E2%80%93November_2018)" title="As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)">As-Suwayda (Aug–Nov)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017%E2%80%932019)#Battle_of_Hajin" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Hajin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baghuz_Fawqani" title="Battle of Baghuz Fawqani">Baghuz Fawqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Barisha raid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chinagodrar" title="Battle of Chinagodrar">Chinagodrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Danag" title="Battle of Danag">Danag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moc%C3%ADmboa_da_Praia_offensive" title="Mocímboa da Praia offensive">Mocímboa da Praia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">Al Bayda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tessit_(2021)" title="Battle of Tessit (2021)">Tessit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palma" title="Battle of Palma">Palma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sambisa_Forest_(2021)" title="Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021)">Sambisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Killing of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Dangarous</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Hasakah_(2022)" title="Battle of al-Hasakah (2022)">Al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ibrahim_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi#Death" title="Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Atme raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_And%C3%A9ramboukane_(2022)" title="Battle of Andéramboukane (2022)">Andéramboukane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talataye_(2022)" title="Battle of Talataye (2022)">Talataye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Falagountou" title="Battle of Falagountou">Falagountou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">Attacks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Belgium_shooting" title="Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting">Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Speicher_massacre" title="Camp Speicher massacre">Camp Speicher massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu_ramming_attack" title="2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack">Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypercacher_kosher_supermarket_siege" title="Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege">Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_kidnapping_and_beheading_of_Copts_in_Libya" title="2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya">Beheading of Copts in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Corinthia_Hotel_attack" title="2015 Corinthia Hotel attack">Corinthia Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Qubbah_bombings" title="Al Qubbah bombings">Al Qubbah bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardo_National_Museum_attack" title="Bardo National Museum attack">Bardo National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombings" title="March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings">Sanaa bombings (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack" title="Curtis Culwell Center attack">Curtis Culwell Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatif_and_Dammam_mosque_bombings" title="Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings">Qatif & Dammam bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26_June_2015_Islamist_attacks" title="26 June 2015 Islamist attacks">26 June</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koban%C3%AE_massacre" title="Kobanî massacre">Kobanî massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Quentin-Fallavier_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack">Saint-Quentin-Fallavier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kuwait_mosque_bombing" title="2015 Kuwait mosque bombing">Kuwait mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sousse_attacks" title="2015 Sousse attacks">Sousse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khan_Bani_Saad_bombing" title="2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing">Khan Bani Saad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru%C3%A7_bombing" title="Suruç bombing">Suruç bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2015_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2015 Baghdad bombing">Baghdad bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombing" title="September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing">Sanaa bombing (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Ankara_bombings" title="2015 Ankara bombings">Ankara bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Saihat_shooting" title="2015 Saihat shooting">Saihat shooting</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metrojet Flight 9268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Beirut_bombings" title="2015 Beirut bombings">Beirut bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks" title="November 2015 Paris attacks">Paris (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Tunis_bombing" title="2015 Tunis bombing">Tunis bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">San Bernardino attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Qamishli_bombings" title="2015 Qamishli bombings">Qamishli bombings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zliten_truck_bombing" title="Zliten truck bombing">Zliten truck bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hurghada_attack" title="2016 Hurghada attack">Hurghada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Istanbul_bombing" title="January 2016 Istanbul bombing">Istanbul bombing (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jakarta_attacks" title="2016 Jakarta attacks">Jakarta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ramadi_bombing" title="2016 Ramadi bombing">Ramadi bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasin_mosque_attack" title="Mahasin mosque attack">Mahasin mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Sayyidah_Zaynab_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attack">Sayyidah Zaynab (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mosul_massacre" title="2016 Mosul massacre">Mosul massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Homs_bombings" title="February 2016 Homs bombings">Homs bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Sayyidah_Zaynab_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings">Sayyidah Zaynab bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2016_Istanbul_bombing" title="March 2016 Istanbul bombing">Istanbul bombing (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings" title="2016 Brussels bombings">Brussels bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aden_car_bombing" title="2016 Aden car bombing">Aden bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskandariya_suicide_bombing" title="Iskandariya suicide bombing">Iskandariya bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="April 2016 Baghdad bombing">Baghdad bombing (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Samawa_bombing" title="2016 Samawa bombing">Samawa bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Gaziantep_bombing" title="May 2016 Gaziantep bombing">Gaziantep bombing (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_May_2016_Baghdad_bombings" title="11 May 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (11 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_fan_club_massacres" title="Real Madrid fan club massacres">Real Madrid fan club massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Taji_gas_plant_attack" title="2016 Taji gas plant attack">Baghdad gas plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Yemen_police_bombings" title="May 2016 Yemen police bombings">Yemen police bombings (15 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (17 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Jableh_and_Tartous_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings">Jableh & Tartous bombings (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23_May_2016_Yemen_bombings" title="23 May 2016 Yemen bombings">Yemen bombings (23 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aktobe_shootings" title="2016 Aktobe shootings">Aktobe shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting" title="Pulse nightclub shooting">Pulse nightclub shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Magnanville_stabbing" title="2016 Magnanville stabbing">Magnanville stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2016_Mukalla_attacks" title="June 2016 Mukalla attacks">Mukalla (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Movida_Bar_grenade_attack" title="2016 Movida Bar grenade attack">Movida Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack" title="2016 Atatürk Airport attack">Atatürk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Dhaka_attack" title="July 2016 Dhaka attack">Dhaka (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Karrada_bombing" title="2016 Karrada bombing">Karrada bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_al-Hadi_Mausoleum_attack" title="Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum attack">Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack" title="2016 Nice truck attack">Nice truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_train_attack" title="Würzburg train attack">Würzburg train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ansbach_bombing" title="2016 Ansbach bombing">Ansbach bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Normandy_church_attack" title="2016 Normandy church attack">Normandy church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Qamishli_bombings" title="July 2016 Qamishli bombings">Qamishli bombings (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_stabbing_of_Charleroi_police_officers" title="2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers">Charleroi stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchelkovo_Highway_police_station_attack" title="Shchelkovo Highway police station attack">Shchelkovo Highway police station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2016_Aden_bombing" title="August 2016 Aden bombing">Aden bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_September_2016_Syria_bombings" title="5 September 2016 Syria bombings">Syria bombings (5 Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_September_2016_Baghdad_bombings" title="9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (9 Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2016_Baghdad_attacks" title="October 2016 Baghdad attacks">Baghdad bombings (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Quetta_police_training_college_attack" title="2016 Quetta police training college attack">Quetta police college</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamam_al-Alil_massacre" title="Hamam al-Alil massacre">Hamam al-Alil massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Khuzdar_bombing" title="2016 Khuzdar bombing">Khuzdar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Samarinda_church_bombing" title="2016 Samarinda church bombing">Samarinda bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2016_Hillah_suicide_truck_bombing" title="November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing">Hillah bombing (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Aden_suicide_bombings" title="December 2016 Aden suicide bombings">Aden bombings (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botroseya_Church_bombing" title="Botroseya Church bombing">Botroseya bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Al-Karak_attack" title="2016 Al-Karak attack">Al-Karak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Berlin_truck_attack" title="2016 Berlin truck attack">Berlin truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Sefter_Ta%C5%9F_and_Fethi_%C5%9Eahin" title="Murders of Sefter Taş and Fethi Şahin">Murders of Sefter Taş and Fethi Şahin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (Dec)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_nightclub_shooting" title="Istanbul nightclub shooting">Istanbul nightclub shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2,_2017_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2, 2017 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (2 Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Azaz_bombing" title="January 2017 Azaz bombing">Azaz bombing (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sehwan_suicide_bombing" title="Sehwan suicide bombing">Sehwan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">Kabul (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack" title="2017 Westminster attack">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Saint_Petersburg_Metro_bombing" title="2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing">St Petersburg Metro bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday_church_bombings" title="Palm Sunday church bombings">Egypt church bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Mastung_suicide_bombing" title="2017 Mastung suicide bombing">Mastung bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombing" title="Manchester Arena bombing">Manchester Arena bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Jakarta_bombings" title="2017 Jakarta bombings">Jakarta bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minya_bus_attack" title="2017 Minya bus attack">Minya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Faqma_ice_cream_parlor_bombing" title="Al-Faqma ice cream parlor bombing">Al-Faqma bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_London_Bridge_attack" title="2017 London Bridge attack">London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Brighton_siege" title="2017 Brighton siege">Brighton siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Tehran_attacks" title="2017 Tehran attacks">Tehran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Pakistan_attacks" title="June 2017 Pakistan attacks">Pakistan attacks (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hurghada_attack" title="2017 Hurghada attack">Hurghada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="August 2017 Quetta suicide bombing">Quetta bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Barcelona_attacks" title="2017 Barcelona attacks">Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Brussels_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2017 Brussels attack">Brussels (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nasiriyah_attacks" title="2017 Nasiriyah attacks">Nasiriyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (20 Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_New_York_City_truck_attack" title="2017 New York City truck attack">New York City truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sinai_mosque_attack" title="2017 Sinai mosque attack">Sinai mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (28 Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Saint_Menas_church" title="Attack on Saint Menas church">Saint Menas church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Baghdad_bombings" title="2018 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Save The Children Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizlyar_church_shooting" title="Kizlyar church shooting">Kizlyar church shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carcassonne_and_Tr%C3%A8bes_attack" title="Carcassonne and Trèbes attack">Carcasonne & Trèbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (22 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">Kabul bombings (30 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_attack_on_the_High_National_Elections_Commission_in_Tripoli,_Libya" title="2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mako_Brimob_standoff" title="2018 Mako Brimob standoff">Mako Brimob standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Paris_knife_attack" title="2018 Paris knife attack">Paris knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surabaya_bombings" title="Surabaya bombings">Surabaya bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Li%C3%A8ge_attack" title="2018 Liège attack">Liège</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad bombing (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mastung_and_Bannu_bombings" title="2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings">Mastung & Bannu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="2018 Quetta suicide bombing">Quetta bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_As-Suwayda_attacks" title="2018 As-Suwayda attacks">As-Suwayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Tajikistan_tourist_attack" title="2018 Tajikistan tourist attack">Tajikistan attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2018 Kabul attacks">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahvaz_military_parade_attack" title="Ahvaz military parade attack">Ahvaz military parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minya_bus_attack" title="2018 Minya bus attack">Minya bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Melbourne_stabbing_attack" title="2018 Melbourne stabbing attack">Melbourne stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Louisa_Vesterager_Jespersen_and_Maren_Ueland" title="Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland">Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jolo_Cathedral_bombings" title="2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings">Jolo Cathedral bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings">Sri Lanka Easter bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthamaruthu_shootout" title="Sainthamaruthu shootout">Sainthamaruthu shootout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (17 Aug)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">Kabul shooting (6 Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xitaxi_massacre" title="Xitaxi massacre">Xitaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Jolo_bombings" title="2020 Jolo bombings">Jolo bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Vienna_attack" title="2020 Vienna attack">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (Dec)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Machh_attack" title="2021 Machh attack">Machh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2021_Baghdad_bombings" title="January 2021 Baghdad bombings">January Baghdad bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airport_attack" title="2021 Kabul airport attack">Kabul airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kunduz_mosque_bombing" title="2021 Kunduz mosque bombing">Kunduz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kandahar_bombing" title="2021 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Uganda_bombings" title="2021 Uganda bombings">Kampala bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_hospital_attack" title="2021 Kabul hospital attack">Kabul hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Diyala_massacre" title="2022 Diyala massacre">Diyala massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Peshawar_mosque_attack" title="2022 Peshawar mosque attack">Peshawar mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Hadera_shooting" title="2022 Hadera shooting">Hadera shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mazar-i-Sharif_mosque_bombing" title="2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing">Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mazar-i-Sharif_minivan_bombings" title="2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings">Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourasso_and_Namissiguima_massacres" title="Bourasso and Namissiguima massacres">Bourasso and Namissiguima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuje_prison_break" title="Kuje prison break">Kuje prison break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_August_2022_Kabul_bombing" title="5 August 2022 Kabul bombing">5 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2022_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing">August Kabul mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Russian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul">Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Shah_Cheragh_attack" title="2022 Shah Cheragh attack">Shah Cheragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kabul_hotel_attack" title="2022 Kabul hotel attack">Kabul hotel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Kabul_airport_bombing" title="2023 Kabul airport bombing">Kabul airport bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Afghanistan_bombing" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Al-Sukhnah_attack" title="2023 Al-Sukhnah attack">Al-Sukhnah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Hama_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hama attack">Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Khar_bombing" title="2023 Khar bombing">Khar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arras_school_stabbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Arras school stabbing">Arras school stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Pul-i-Khumri_bombing" title="2023 Pul-i-Khumri bombing">Pul-i-Khumri bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Brussels_shooting" title="2023 Brussels shooting">Brussels shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2023_Kabul_bombing" title="November 2023 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Paris_attack" title="2023 Paris attack">Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mindanao_State_University_bombing" title="Mindanao State University bombing">Mindanao State University bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerman_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerman bombings">Kerman bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Istanbul_church_shooting" title="2024 Istanbul church shooting">Istanbul church shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Balochistan_bombings" title="2024 Balochistan bombings">Balochistan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sibi_bombing" title="2024 Sibi bombing">Sibi bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mucojo_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Mucojo attack">Mucojo attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Karabulak_clash" title="2024 Karabulak clash">Karabulak clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kandahar_New_Kabul_Bank_bombing" title="2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing">Kandahar 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