Seventeen alleged militants were killed and 62 suspects arrested in North Sinai Thursday, military spokesperson Mohamed Samir announced. Source Cairo Post
Egyptian Planning Minister Saeed told Reuters that she projected foreign direct investment in the country had reached $8 billion to $8.5 billion in the 2016-17 fiscal year. Saeed told a news conference that the economic growth rate for 2016-17 would not fall below 4 percent. Source: Middle East Online
At least ten Egyptian soldiers including a colonel were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in northern Sinai, security sources said. Timothy Kaldas, a non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, said there was a high likelihood that the attack would be claimed by Wilayat Sinai, a group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group.Source: Al Jazeera
Bahrain’s foreign minister accused Qatar of creating a military escalation in a dispute with regional powers, in an apparent reference to Doha’s decision to let more Turkish troops enter its territory. Bahrain, alongside Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt issued an ultimatum, including demands that Qatar shut down a Turkish military base in Doha. Source Reuters
