Militants believed to be members of the IS-affiliated group “Sinai Province” blew up on Monday night a residential building in the 3rd District of Al-Arish in North Sinai. The militants blew it up after evacuating all its residents, a local journalist told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity. The motive of demolishing the building was that the army uses it to target militants, the journalist added. Recently, violence by Sinai Province in Al-Arish culminated when Copts were targeted, burnt, shot, or slaughtered. 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.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 21, 2017 12:22 UTC