Seventeen alleged militants were killed and 62 suspects arrested in North Sinai Thursday, military spokesperson Mohamed Samir announced. Source Cairo Post
Egypt’s Armed Forces hindered a terrorist attack on Wednesday on a security checkpoint in North Sinai, killing five militants and injuring two others. Egypt Street
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
