Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/islamic-state-of-iraq-and-the-levant/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/islamic-state-of-iraq-and-the-levant/ 32 32 Sinai ambush kills 18 Egyptian police https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/sinai-ambush-kills-18-egyptian-police/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/sinai-ambush-kills-18-egyptian-police/ Eighteen Egyptian police officers have been killed in an attack by militants of so-called Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula. It’s the deadliest attack in the region since last July when IS fighters killed 23  troops in Rafah. The IS ambush left 18 officers dead and seven wounded. Roadside bombs destroyed and set ablaze four […]

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]]> Eighteen Egyptian police officers have been killed in an attack by militants of so-called Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula.

It’s the deadliest attack in the region since last July when IS fighters killed 23  troops in Rafah.

The IS ambush left 18 officers dead and seven wounded.

Roadside bombs destroyed and set ablaze four armoured vehicles and a fifth one carrying signal jamming equipment.

The gunmen later opened fire with assault weapons and commandeered a police pick-up truck.

Among the dead are two police lieutenants.

A police brigadier general was wounded.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack in a brief statement carried by its Aamaq website.

It’s part of a long-running rebellion now led by an IS affiliate.

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