Egyptian air force destroyed an extremist camp in northern Sinai Peninsula, killing 22 fighters and wounding 30 others. Egyptian online media reported yesterday that the operation took place south of the Bedouin town of Sheikh Zuweid on the Israeli border.
The camp belonged to the Ansar Bait Maqdis jihadist group affiliated with the Islamic State, a terrorist organization banned in a number of countries including Russia. Cairo has been conducting anti-terrorist operations in North Sinai for the last two years amid an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula.