Security expert: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis 'gasping for breath' - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rami Galal

Rami Galal

Nov 19, 2014

Egyptian policemen inspect the site where the militants fired mortar in Egypt's northern Sinai of el-Arish on late July 13, 2014, at a military base, killing a soldier and seven civilians, included 23 personas injured. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) — Egyptian police inspect a site where militants fired a mortar shell at a military base in El-Arish in Egypt's northern Sinai, killing a soldier and seven civilians, July 13, 2014. — STR/AFP/Getty Images

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