Egyptian armed forces spokesperson, Tamer al-Refaei, said Saturday that army forces arrested three Takfiri members in North Sinai.<\/p>\n
Refaei said in the statement that two pickup cars loaded with marijuana have been confiscated as well.<\/p>\n
He added that the forces found and destroyed several shelters belonging to the affiliates, eight motorcycles and a pickup truck loaded with large quantities of materials used to manufacture IEDs.<\/p>\n
Since 2014, North Sinai has seen an increase in conflict between state security, represented in the army and police forces, and Sinai Province\u2014previously known as Ansar Beit el-Maqdis who changed its name after declaring its affiliation to Islamic State.<\/p>\n
The group has launched several violent attacks against army and police checkpoints in North Sinai cities.<\/p>\n
North Sinai-based state security have carried out large-scale security sweeps and military operations in response.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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