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News ID: 72364
Publish Date : 04 November 2019 - 22:01

Egypt Forces Say Kill 83 Militants in Sinai

CAIRO (Dispatches) – Egyptian security forces have killed 83 suspected militants in operations in central and North Sinai over the past month, the military said on Monday.
It did not name the militants or their affiliation. The military also said forces detained 61 criminal suspects and found and detonated 376 explosive devices during the period, which it dated from Sept. 28.
One officer and two soldiers died or were wounded, it said.
The armed forces say hundreds of militants have been killed since it launched a large campaign in February 2018 aimed at defeating Daesh or related terrorist groups in the Sinai peninsula, which borders the Israeli-occupied territories and Gaza. It announces the deaths sporadically.
Egypt’s Daesh affiliate, Sinai Province, has sworn allegiance to the new ringleader named by the group following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the affiliate said on Telegram on Saturday.