egyptsin7Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counterterrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)

Copyright: @ 2022 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 19 May 2022

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

Egypt’s army and police forces have been waging a war over the past years against an Islamist militant insurgency mainly in North Sinai. After a long period of declining terrorist activities by the Islamic State organization in Sinai, Egypt is facing a new wave of terror attacks in which 16 Egyptian soldiers have been killed.

At least five Egyptian military personnel were killed and four others were injured in a terrorist attack on May 11, 2022, in northern Sinai. The attack was successfully countered, resulting in the death of 7 terrorists. Automatic rifles, hand grenades, ammunition and walkie talkies, were seized. It was the second deadly attack against Egyptian security forces on the Sinai Peninsula in less than a week. ... Read more

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