Egyptian army kills over 40 extremists in Northern Sinai

  04 January 2016    Read: 1317
Egyptian army kills over 40 extremists in Northern Sinai
Egypt
Moreover, 15 extremists from the Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province) militant group got injuries, the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said.

Attack helicopters, warplanes and ground forces took part in the large scale military operation, according to the daily.

Egypt is fighting a jihadist insurgency in Sinai since the army, led by President Abdel Fattah Sisi, overthrew the then Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

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