Following up on their their pledge to eradicate the militant presence in the Sinai Peninsula, the Union of Sinai Tribes released on Thursday a statement affirming coordination with the Egyptian army in a wide-scale battle against militancy in the region. Through a statement which Egypt Independent acquired, the Union of Sinai Tribes asserted that all its movement against militants in Sinai will be coordinated and supervised by the Egyptian army. The statement concluded with calls for tribes to be ready for the start of a wide-scale military operation. The Union of Tribes’ statement comes following Friday’s al-Rawda mosque attack in the North Sinai city of Beir al-Abd Sinai which killed 311 people. The Union called on the young men of Sinai’s tribes to join the operation that the Egyptian army is conducting in the al-Bars area, south of Rafah, against militant targets.

Source: Egypt Independent December 01, 2017 09:00 UTC