The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire. The assault killed at least 23 soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years. Earlier, Egyptian army spokesman Tamer al-Rifai confirmed the attack on his official Facebook page, saying that 26 army personnel were killed or wounded. The restive northern Sinai has been under a state of emergency since October 2014, after Islamic militants killed more than 30 soldiers in a single attack. The Sinai attack came as the Islamic State group is fast losing its once vast territory in Syria and Iraq.

Source: Egypt Independent July 08, 2017 09:33 UTC