Armed forces affiliated to the second field army on Sunday morning managed to kill five militants in an operation that took place in North Sinai. The killed militants included a leading figure of ”Sinai Province,” the army spokesperson said in a statement. Meanwhile, the southern part of Al-Arish in North Sinai witnessed an IED explosion, targeting an armoured police vehicle in the region of “Al Hasna” near central Sinai. Since 2013, state security forces, represented by both the army and the police, have been engaged in violent clashes with Sinai Province, known previously as Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis. In 2014, the group declared its affiliation to IS and has launched deadly attacks on army and police checkpoints.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 26, 2017 10:41 UTC