Egyptian security forces pressing a campaign against extremist militants have killed 52 suspected terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died, the army said Monday. The military launched a sweeping operation in February focused on the Sinai in eastern Egypt aimed at wiping out terrorists, ...
ISIL terrorist group said one of its leaders in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been killed. The group’s Aamaq news agency announced the death of Abu Hamza al-Maqdisi late Monday, calling him a “martyr” without saying where or how he died. A photo of a young, smiling, bearded man accompanied the report. ISIL ...