Sinai tribes hunt Islamic State bomb makers - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amr Emam

Amr Emam

Dec 11, 2021

An Egyptian member of the armed forces patrols outside al-Maza military airport on Jan. 30, 2015, in the capital, Cairo. — An Egyptian member of the armed forces patrols outside al-Maza military airport where the bodies of the members of security forces, who were killed in North Sinai province during an attack the day before, had been flown on Jan. 30, 2015, in the capital, Cairo. — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images

Mourners and soldiers carry the casket of Egyptian 1st Lt. Soleman Ali Soleman, one of 11 soldiers killed in an attack claimed by Wilayat Sinai, during his funeral at a mosque in the village of Jazirat al-Ahrar in Qalyoubiya province, Egypt, May 9, 2022.

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A picture taken from the Rafah border of the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt shows smoke billowing in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, July 16, 2015. The Islamic State said it carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian navy vessel off northern Sinai.

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FILE PHOTO: An Egyptian military vehicle is seen on the highway in northern Sinai, Egypt, May 25, 2015. To match Special Report EGYPT-POLITICS/SINAI REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/File Photo - RC17BB4CC790

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