{"id":10087,"date":"2016-08-05T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10087"},"modified":"2016-08-06T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:14:03","slug":"leader-of-isis-in-egypts-sinai-killed-by-air-force-sources-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/leader-of-isis-in-egypts-sinai-killed-by-air-force-sources-confirm.html","title":{"rendered":"Leader of ISIS in Egypt’s Sinai killed by air force, sources confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leader of ISIS in Egypt’s Sinai killed by air force, sources confirm<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leader of ISIS in Egypt’s Sinai killed by air force, sources confirm:<\/strong> The leader of the Islamic State\u2019s operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula and mastermind of the October 2015 attack on a Russian airliner in the region that left 224 dead has been killed by Egypt\u2019s air force, intelligence sources told Fox News Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

ISIS Sinai leader Abu Dua al-Ansari was killed in Al Arish, the sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A post on the Facebook page of the military’s chief spokesman, Brig-Gen Mohammed Samir, said al-Ansari was killed in an operation guided by “accurate intelligence.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He helped organize ISIS activities in the region including attacks against U.N. personnel in their Sinai base, investigators said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Published August 04, 2016 FoxNews.com<\/span>
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\nNov. 1, 2015: Military investigators from Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the <\/span>Hassana area in Arish city, northern Egypt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nov. 1, 2015: Military investigators from Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the Hassana area in Arish city, northern Egypt. (Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n

The leader of the Islamic State\u2019s operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula and mastermind of the October 2015 attack on a Russian airliner in the region that left 224 dead has been killed by Egypt\u2019s air force, intelligence sources told Fox News Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

ISIS Sinai leader Abu Dua al-Ansari was killed in Al Arish, the sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A post on the Facebook page of the military’s chief spokesman, Brig-Gen Mohammed Samir, said al-Ansari was killed in an operation guided by “accurate intelligence.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He helped organize ISIS activities in the region including attacks against U.N. personnel in their Sinai base, investigators said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Metrojet plane attack on October 31, an air mechanic whose cousin joined ISIS in Syria is suspected to have planted a bomb on the Russian passenger plane at the Sharm el-Sheikh airport. The plane then exploded in Egypt\u2019s skies after takeoff, killing all 224 aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Egypt\u2019s military wrote on its Facebook page that its airstrikes also killed 45 ISIS fighters and ammunition depots used by the group, Reuters reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Egyptian forces have been battling Islamic militants in Sinai for years but the insurgency there has grown deadlier since the 2013 ouster by the military of the country’s Islamist president.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source <\/span><\/strong><\/span>: http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2016\/08\/04\/leader-isis-in-egypts-sinai-killed-by-air-force-sources-confirm.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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