Saudi Arabia Condemns Terror Attack in North Sinai
Saudi Arabia condemned on Saturday that terrorist
attack in Egypt’s North Sinai region, reported the Saudi Press Agency.
An official source at the Foreign Ministry
reiterated the Kingdom’s solidarity with Cairo in its war on terrorism,
offering its condolence to the families of the victims, government and people
of Egypt.
Fifteen Egyptian military personnel were killed or wounded
in a clash on Saturday in Arish in North Sinai in which seven terrorists were
also killed, the Egyptian military said.
ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attack on
its news agency AMAQ.
Security forces launched a campaign a year ago
against extremists focused on Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, and say they have killed
several hundred militants since then.
“Combing operations and the pursuit and elimination
of the terrorist elements in the area where the incident took place is
ongoing,” the military spokesman said in a statement.
