Egypt: ISIS in Sinai claims responsibility for IED attack on pro-government vehicle

ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula claimed responsibility for an IED attack that targeted a pro-government militia vehicle, south of Rafah, NBC reported on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties in the attack.

In recent days, the Egyptian military and Sinai Bedouin tribes working with it killed two ISIS commanders south of Rafah, the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center said in a report released on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, a report released by the U.S.-based Hoover Institution think tank concluded that based on available data, ISIS in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is in a state of sustained decline.