State: Sinai Peninsula and Security Operation

state: The ministry alleged they were plotting attacks against Christians, according to CTV. It posted photos of corpses lying next to weapons and said IS publications were found with them. A day after the Palm Sunday bloodshed, the Interior Ministry said it killed seven Islamic State militants in an exchange of gunfire during a security operation in the southern city of Assiut. A state of emergency already in place in the Sinai Peninsula has failed to halt near daily attacks against police and security forces by the Islamic State group in the volatile area. Its increasingly sophisticated tactics are likely to fuel sectarian tensions and embarrass el-Sissi. Now the group is stepping up its attacks against Christians, who make up 10 per cent of the population, by moving its activities from the Sinai to other parts of Egypt. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.