Over the course of three major operations — Eagle, Martyr’s Right and the expanded Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 — Egypt’s counter-terrorist campaign has scored many successes, not least the decline in the number of terrorist attacks in Sinai. But it is a long and ongoing battle, as Military Spokesman Tamer Al-Refai told the press this week. Because so many factors combine to feed, reproduce and mutate the terrorist cycle, military action will continue to be needed to combat the terrorist scourge.
Egypt’s war against terrorism in Sinai began eight years ago when a growing network of fundamentalist jihadist organisations began to take advantage of the security breakdown following the January 2011 Revolution.
The primary focus of the current counter-terrorist offensive is North Sinai, where the army and police have staged a series of raids and combing operations following a terrorist attack in Bir Al-Abd that killed an army officer, a non-commissioned officer, and eight conscripts.
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Source: Ahram Online