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Daesh-Linked Militants Claim Responsibility for Bombing in North Sinai

© AP Photo / Ahmed Abd El LatifEgyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt
Egyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt - Sputnik International
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A jihadist group affiliated with Daesh has claimed Saturday’s attack on Egyptian security forces that killed 13 policemen, Al Arabiya channel reported.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — The attack on a checkpoint in the city of Arish was reportedly carried out by Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province), a local militant group that was called Ansar Bait al-Maqdis before it pledged allegiance to Daesh in the fall of 2014.

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Egypt has been conducting anti-terrorist operations in North Sinai for the last two years amid the rise of Islamism in the region.

Ansar Bait al-Maqdis emerged in the peninsula after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, which ended President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. The militants aim to topple Egypt’s current government.

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