Secure Sinai in the next three months: President Sisi to Egyptian military
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Published: Nov 29, 2017, 05:10 IST | Updated: Nov 29, 2017, 05:10 IST
Egypt's Sisi tells military chief to secure Sinai in three months
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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ordered his military command to use all force necessary to secure the Sinai peninsula within the next three months following a militant attack on a mosque that killed more than 300 people
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ordered his military command to use all force necessary to secure the Sinai peninsula within the next three months following a militant attack on a mosque that killed more than 300 people.
"It is your responsibility to secure and stabilise Sinai within the next three months," Sisi said addressing his new chief of staff in a speech, without giving details on any operations.
"You can use all brute force necessary."
No group has claimed responsibility for Friday's mosque attack, butEgyptian forces have been battling a stubborn Islamic State affiliate in the North Sinai for more than three years and militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers.