Sinai checkpoint attack kills 11 Egyptian troops

According to Egypt’s military, at least 11 troops, including an officer, were killed in a terrorist attack in the volatile northern region of the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday.

According to the military, terrorists assaulted a water pumping plant east of the Suez Canal on Saturday. It did not provide any other information on the site.

According to the statement, security personnel clashed with the assaulting insurgents. According to reports, at least five more personnel were injured in the incident. It was also stated that troops were following the extremists in a remote part of Sinai.

There was no claim of responsibility for Saturday’s ambush, which was one of the bloodiest strikes on Egyptian security personnel in recent years.

The act was condemned and criticized by Saudi Arabia.

According to the foreign ministry, the Kingdom has reaffirmed its support for Egypt in the face of any threats to its security and stability.

The ministry also expressed appreciation for the Egyptian military forces’ involvement in countering terrorist acts.

Last week, suspected terrorists blew up a natural gas pipeline in the town of Bir El-Abd in Northern Sinai, creating a fire but no deaths.

Since 2013, Egypt has been fighting a Daesh-led insurgency in Sinai. The terrorists have carried out a slew of attacks, most of which have targeted security forces and Christians.

Since February 2018, when the military started a large campaign in Sinai, as well as areas of the Nile Delta and deserts along the country’s western border with Libya, the pace of terrorist strikes in Sinai’s primary theatre of operations and elsewhere has slowed to a trickle.

The struggle against extremists in Sinai has primarily taken place behind closed doors, with journalists, non-residents, and other observers prevented from entering the region. The fighting has also been kept away from tourist spots at the peninsula’s southern tip.

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