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Two soldiers, 6 militants killed in fourth day of fresh Sinai operation: Army
[AlAhram] Two Egyptian military personnel and six gunnies were killed in the restive North Sinai region, the army said, in the fourth day of a fresh operation by Egypt's air and ground forces to strike turbans based there.The attacks on Tuesday come as part of a new campaign launched by the army to fight gunnies in the area after a Friday attack on an army checkpoint in the Bir al-Abd area west of El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai, killed 12 soldiers and maimed at least six others. Egyptian air forces and artillery brigade pounded seven murderous Moslem hideouts on Tuesday, and damaged 16 havens and arms caches used by the myrmidons, the military said in a statement late in the day. The raids left six gunnies and two soldiers dead, it added. Since Friday’s attack, the army said it has killed over 50 gunnies in retaliation. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-20 |
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