Operation Martyr's Right
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Operation Martyr's Right was a military operation conducted by the Egyptian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Egyptian National Police officers, aimed at rooting out and killing jihadist militants.[4]
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Operation Martyr's Right | |||||
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Part of the Sinai insurgency | |||||
Map of the Sinai Peninsula. | |||||
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2015–present) Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (2018–present) Sedki Sobhi (2015–18) Mahmoud Tawfik (2018–present) Magdy Abdel Ghaffar (2015–18) |
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Security forces: 10 soldiers killed 3 humvees destroyed | 1,013 militants killed[3] |
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The operation was officially launched on 7 September 2015.[5][6] It is considered to be the largest military action in the Sinai Peninsula in months.[7] The operation targets sites in all towns in northern area of the peninsula.
A part of the larger background of an international campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, over two hundred militants tied to the terrorist group have been reported dead.[4]