Iranian capital city of Tehran hosted a high-ranking confidential security meeting where Hamas political bureau president Khaled Mesha'l and elements of Iranian Revolutionary Guard discussed ways to ignite terrorism in Egypt, sources told Al-Bawaba News on Thursday. The meeting sought means to keep the Egyptian military worn out in the Sinai Peninsula, unable to further contribute to the Saudi-led Decisive Storm operation against the Tehran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, the sources added. News reports said earlier this week the 10-member Arab coalition will set ground troops to Yemen where the Shiite Houthis capture large swathes while legitimate president Abdraboh Mansur Hadi fled the country. In this regard, the April 14 bombings in the Sinai Peninsula which left 14 Egyptian security personnel killed and 40 injured, attacks the Islamic State (IS)-linked Wilayat Sinai terrorist group claimed responsibility for, were extremely hailed by the conferrers, according to Al Bawaba. "The Sunday Times talked about Iran's plans to carry out a series of terrorist attacks against Egyptian military targets in retaliation for Egypt's contributions to the Decisive Storm," the sources were quoted as saying. The Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas militia, which has been designated as terrorist group by an Egyptian ruling in February, has close links with Tehran. According to informed Palestinian sources, Iran has funneled $ 9 million to the Gaza-governing movement to establish new smuggling tunnels on Egyptian borders, a move to nip in the bud a buffer zone Egyptian military is currently constructing on eastern borders. Egyptian security officials will announce the detention of an Iranian five-member spy ring, mainly composed of Shiite Egyptians, tasked with gathering information on military positions in the restive Sinai, security sources told Al Bawaba on Thursday.
