Egypt Security Forces Kill 21 Militants in North Sinai

Arab World

May 23rd, 10:22am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian policemen stand guard at a checkpoint on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish in July 2018. (AFP)

Egyptian security forces killed 21 suspected militants in North Sinai, part of a group that the interior ministry said was planning attacks over the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, state television reported on Saturday. Two officers were wounded in an exchange of fire during the operation, according to a ministry statement cited in the report, which did not say when the operation took place. Eid begins on Sunday. Terrorists loyal to ISIS are active in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, where Egypt has been battling an insurgency for years.

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