Xinhua Egypt's army kills 36 militants, defuses 38 bombs in Sinai The Egyptian armed forces in cooperation with the police killed 36 militants and defused 38 explosive devices in their last two-day security campaign in the Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid cities of North Sinai province, the military spokesman said in a statement Saturday. "The operations over the past two days ruined 25 houses and 57 huts of the terrorist elements, destroyed a large warehouse of explosives, seized 10 vehicles and five motorbikes used by the extremists in their attacks on security checkpoints," Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir said in the statement. The raids come a couple of days after a similar four-day campaign killed last week 85 militants in North Siani's restive cities of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/29/c_135395548.htm All Africa Police Officer, 2 Conscripts Injured in Arish Blast - Interior Ministry Egypt's interior ministry said on Saturday that a police officer and two conscripts were injured in a blast in the North Sinai town of al-Arish. The blast occurred as a security convoy was passing near a police station in Arish, the ministry added in a statement. Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday the renewal of the state of emergency in North Sinai pursuant to a presidential decree. Read more: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605280171.html
