Egypt's War Against Islamic Militants In The Sinai Is Intensifying

Wall Street Journal: Egypt Says Its Forces Killed Scores of Militants in Sinai Battle

Warplanes, helicopters carried out deadly airstrikes against Islamic State’s affiliate, military says

CAIRO—Egypt’s military said Friday its warplanes and helicopters killed 70 militants in two days of airstrikes against Islamic State’s affiliate in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

Rebels belonging to the radical group’s local branch, Sinai Province, swarmed more than a dozen army positions around the town of Sheikh Zuwayed on Wednesday in the largest assault on Egypt’s military in recent years.

Thirty-five Islamist fighters were killed during air raids on the first day of fighting, some of them by the militants’ own improvised explosive devices as they fled the bombing, state media quoted unnamed army sources as saying.

Another 35 militants were killed by air raids on Thursday, as government forces continued fighting to regain control of Sheikh Zuwayed, the state media reported.

More News On Egypt's War Against Islamic Militants In The Sinai

Egypt, Stunned by Sinai Assault, Vows to Erase ‘Terrorist Dens’ -- NYT
Security forces kill 70 militants in North Sinai over the past 48 hours: MENA -- Ahram Online
Bloody ISIS campaign spills across region, into Egypt -- CNN
Two leaders of Sinai Islamist group killed -- Al Arabiya
Egypt beefs up security at holiday resorts after ISIS murders 50 soldiers and 'takes land' just 250 miles from tourist hot-spots -- Daily Mail
Egypt looks for answers after brutal Sinai attack -- HA Hellyer, BBC
Egypt’s Self-Inflicted Slaughter -- Ruth Michaelson, Daily Beast
How Egypt lost Sinai long before the ISIS attacks -- Haaretz
Analysis: Egypt is losing its war against ISIS in Sinai -- Jerusalem Post