{"id":30120,"date":"2019-01-22T12:23:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=30120"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:23:31","slug":"dozens-of-armed-fighters-killed-in-egypts-northern-sinai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=30120","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of armed fighters killed in Egypt&#8217;s Northern Sinai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"92.8453608247\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Egypt said at least seven troops, including an officer, were killed in clashes with armed fighters in recent operations in the restive northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/subjects\/sinai-peninsula.html\">Sinai Peninsula<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In a statement on Tuesday, the military said its forces killed at least 59 suspected fighters and arrested 142 others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Air strikes destroyed 56 vehicles containing weapons and ammunition in the Western Desert, south and northeastern border areas, and seized 242 explosive devices as part of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>An attempt by 2,189 individuals of different nationalities to illegally cross Egypt&#8217;s border was thwarted. Furthermore, the statement added, in cooperation with military engineers in North Sinai, six tunnel openings were discovered and destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The military statement gave no timeframe for the recent operations. It wasn&#8217;t possible to independently confirm the details as access to northern Sinai is heavily restricted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/egypt.html\">Egypt<\/a> has struggled to defeat a long-running armed campaign in Sinai, which serves as a base for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/organisations\/isis-isil.html\">ISIL<\/a>, also known as ISIS) group&#8217;s affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>It launched a nationwide operation against armed fighters and ISIL last February, after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/11\/sinai-mosque-massacre-171124200523928.html\">attack<\/a> on a mosque in late 2017 that killed more than 300 people.<\/p>\n<p>According to figures released by the military, dozens of Egyptian soldiers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/10\/egypt-security-forces-killed-450-fighters-sinai-peninsula-181016170315029.html\">hundreds<\/a> of fighters have been killed since the operation began.<\/p>\n<p>The Sinai Peninsula has remained the epicentre of a ISIL-offensive since mid-2013 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/people\/mohamed-morsi.html\">Mohamed Morsi<\/a> &#8211; Egypt&#8217;s first freely elected president &#8211; was overthrown in a military coup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n            SOURCE:<br \/>\n            <span>Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt said at least seven troops, including an officer, were killed in clashes with armed fighters in recent operations in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula. In a statement on Tuesday, the military said its forces killed at least 59 suspected fighters and arrested 142 others. 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