What the records say
- When
- 1 Jul 2015
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 30.50° N, 33.70° E
- Description
- Sinai Insurgency: Over 100 dead in clashes between Egyptian security forces and ISIL-affiliated militants in the area of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai.
Placed at the area around the region its text names, North Sinai.
July 2015 Sinai clashes
Battle in Egypt
On 1 July 2015, the IS-affiliated Sinai Province militant group launched the largest scale battle the Sinai Peninsula has seen since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, killing 21 soldiers in the numerous attacks which targeted multiple Egyptian army checkpoints and the Sheikh Zuweid police station in the Sinai Peninsula. More than 100 militants were reportedly killed by the army during the battle.
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