[Al Ahram] Egyptian security forces have killed 98 Lions of Islam in Sinai during a recent military operation, the military said on Friday. Egypt is battling an insurgency that gained pace after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi of the Moslem Brüderbund Islamist movement in mid-2013 after mass protests against his rule.
The insurgency, mounted by Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
's Egyptian affiliate, has killed hundreds of soldiers and police and has started to attack Western targets. In the latest fighting, four Egyptian soldiers were killed, the military said.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi describes Islamist militancy as an existential threat to Egypt, the most populous Arab state.
Islamic State group controls large parts of Iraq and Syria, has a presence in Libya and enjoys the support of Lions of Islam in Egypt.