Published on 12:00 AM, February 17, 2019
15 Egypt soldiers dead or wounded in attack
Afp, Cairo
Egypt's army yesterday said seven suspected jihadists were "eliminated" and 15 soldiers killed or wounded in an attack in the Sinai Peninsula, where troops are fighting the Islamic State group. Security forces responded to the attack on a checkpoint in restive North Sinai with an "exchange of fire", army spokesman Tamer el-Refai said in a statement.
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