Egypt’s Armed Forces on Sunday announced the results reached over the past four days in its ongoing “Sinai 2018” military operation aimed at eliminating terrorism in thr restive Sinai Peninsula. The statement said that four top militants were killed, while three leaders were arrested in mountain areas in Central Sinai following fruitful cooperation with local residents of the Sinai. Twelve militants were also killed in an exchange of fire with the Armed Forces in the areas of operations. The forces discovered and destroyed equipped trenches that contained automatic rifles, light machine guns, ammunition, military clothing and food. The “Sinai 2018 comprehensive military operation” began on February 9 aiming to root out terrorism in the troubled Sinai, which has been rocked by a low-intensive war between Islamist militants and the state for the past years.

Source: Egypt Independent March 12, 2018 09:33 UTC