Feb 11, 2020 – Egyptian police have killed 17 militants in a shootout in the restive northern Sinai, the interior ministry said Tuesday. Egypt has for years been fighting an Islamist insurgency in North Sinai, which escalated following the military’s 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The army said Sunday that seven soldiers were killed or wounded and 10 militants killed following an attack on a North Sinai army post. Earlier this month, the group said it had blown up a gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula that it claimed was connected to Israel. Egypt launched a nationwide operation against militants in February 2018, mainly focusing on North Sinai.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 12, 2020 16:18 UTC