Egypt prepares large-scale military operation in North Sinai

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Source: RIA NOVOSTI

The military command of the Egyptian army has sent some 1,000 soldiers to the North Sinai for a large-scale operation against armed extremists in the province, Egypt's media reported on Sunday.

The operation, which also involves dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, is scheduled to begin shortly, local media reported.

International Arabic daily Al Sharq Al Awsat reports that the operation will be held near the border of Gaza in the area of El-Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities.

The North of the Sinai Peninsula is considered as the most troubled region of Egypt from the view of security. Numerous groups of smugglers involved in weapons trafficking are active in the area.

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1. Time for a distraction. nt

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2. K&R :(

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3. Barak supports Egypt’s maneuvers in Sinai

As massive operation to control Sinai launched, Defense Minister says he hopes the Egyptian military operation will restore law and order.

Israel supports the Egyptian military operation in the Sinai Peninsula which it hopes will restore law and order to the territory, believed to be home to a growing number of al-Qaida terrorists, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday.

On Sunday, the Egyptian military deployed 1,000 soldiers and hundreds of armored personnel carriers in the Sinai with the aim of uprooting terrorist infrastructure and restoring order to the peninsula which was lost following the revolution in Egypt in February.

One person was killed, and 16 others were arrested in Sinai on Monday as part of the raid launched by Egyptian troops and policemen, state television said, according to the French news agency AFP.

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