CAIRO, Feb 11 (AFP): Egypt's army said Sunday it had killed 16 jihadists and detained 34 more in the Sinai Peninsula since launching a major operation against them on Friday.
The security sweep in the Sinai, heart of a persistent Islamic State group insurgency, comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seeks re-election next month.
Army spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said 16 jihadists had been killed and 34 detained during a "sweep and raids... in northern and central Sinai". The army destroyed 66 jihadist hideouts, 11 pickup vehicles and 31 motorbikes, he said in a statement.
It also discovered and destroyed an explosives-making laboratory, he said.
Egypt army kill 16 jihadists in Sinai
FE Team | Published: February 12, 2018 00:15:42
Egypt army kill 16 jihadists in Sinai
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