Egypt says it killed 13 jihadists in Sinai raids

29 August 2018, 4:34 pm

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Egypt’s army says it has killed 20 jihadists in the latest round of military operations in the Western Desert and Sinai Peninsula.

The military launched a sweeping operation in February focused on Sinai in eastern Egypt aimed at wiping out militants, including from the Islamic State group, who have been waging a bloody insurgency.

Operations over the past few days “resulted in the elimination of seven extremely dangerous” jihadists close to Egypt’s western border with Libya, the army says in a statement.

It says 13 jihadists were also killed in shootouts with government forces during army raids in central and northern Sinai.

Security forces in Sinai had arrested 18 wanted suspected militants and destroyed 18 hideouts.

— AFP