Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in official statement on Thursday that five militant stationing points were targeted during sweeping operations conducted from both police and military forces inside the North Sinai city Al-Arish. The statement added that the stationing points were targeted as part of the ongoing wide-scale military operation ‘Sinai 2018′, and that they were identified -based on information obtained by security apparatuses on the militants’ location.
The statement highlighted that police operations alone inside North Sinai have led to the deaths of a total of 36 militants. Police had been seizing weapons, ‘Improvised Explosive Devices’ (IEDs), and seized 347 gas tubes which were for manufacturing IEDS.
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Source: Egypt Independent