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January 2015 Sinai attacks information


January 2015 Sinai Attacks
Part of Sinai insurgency
Date29 January 2015
Location
North Sinai
Result

Initial ISIS victory

  • Egyptian authorities bombs ISIS installations
Belligerents

January 2015 Sinai attacks Egypt

  • Egyptian Army

January 2015 Sinai attacks Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

  • Wilayat Sinai (formerly known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis)
Casualties and losses

44 killed
(24 soldiers, 6 policemen, 14 civilians)[1]

62+[2]
Unknown
in subsequent operations:
47 killed[3]
January 2015 Sinai attacks is located in Sinai
Arish
Arish
Sheikh Zuweid
Sheikh Zuweid
Rafah
Rafah
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Location on the Sinai Peninsula of the three cities attacked in January 2015 by Wilayat Sinai.

On 29 January 2015, militants from the ISIL-affiliated Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province) militant group launched a series of attacks on army and police bases in Arish using car bombs and mortars.[4] The attacks, which occurred in more than six different locations, resulted in 44 deaths.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Security imperatives in Sinai". Al-Ahram Weekly. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ Zaki, Menna; El-Fekki, Amira; Mostafa, Mahmoud (31 January 2015). "'State of Sinai' claim hundreds of killings in Sinai attacks". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Kingsley, Patrick; Abdo, Manu (30 January 2015). "At least 32 killed in Egypt as militants attack army and police targets in Sinai". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

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