{"id":2287,"date":"2018-10-26T13:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:20:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:20:06","slug":"egypt-says-security-forces-killed-450-fighters-in-sinai-peninsula-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/10\/26\/egypt-says-security-forces-killed-450-fighters-in-sinai-peninsula-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt says security forces killed 450 fighters in Sinai peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt<\/a>\u00a0has said its security forces have killed 450 armed fighters since the beginning of its eight-month offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL<\/a>, otherwise known ISIS) in the\u00a0Sinai peninsula<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Army Spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said the large-scale operation, dubbed “Sinai 2018,” has also resulted in the\u00a0dismantling of some 1,200 explosive devices and the destruction of about 1,900 vehicles and motorcycles.<\/p>\n

The military\u00a0launched the operation<\/a>\u00a0in February to rid the arid and sparsely populated area – an attractive region for armed groups waging a war against the government – of ISIL fighters after an\u00a0attack<\/a>\u00a0on a mosque in late 2017 that killed more than 300 people.<\/p>\n

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Al-Rifai said the government had spent $1.38bn to compensate residents forced to relocate from northern Sinai.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

According to army figures, around 30 soldiers have been killed during the operation.<\/p>\n

Armed groups began staging attacks against state security forces after the 2013 overthrow of President\u00a0Mohamed Morsi<\/a>, the country’s first democratically elected president.<\/p>\n

Morsi was forced out by the military in the face of mass protests against his rule.<\/p>\n

The army on Tuesday rejected criticism from rights groups over the impact on civilians of its campaign in Sinai.<\/p>\n

It said that people in the peninsula support its operation and receive humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

“All air strikes are carried out by the army outside residential areas,” al-Rifai said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Journalists are barred from going to areas targeted in the Sinai 2018 campaign, although the army organised a rare visit to the North Sinai capital El Arish in July.<\/p>\n

A countrywide state of emergency was imposed in April last year, following two suicide bombings at churches which were claimed by ISIL.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, President\u00a0Abdel Fattah el-Sisi<\/a>\u00a0extended the measure by a further three months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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