Cario, Feb. 11 (TNS): Egypt says it has killed 16 militants in an operation in Sinai in the north-east of the country.
Dozens of targets including weapons dumps, motorbikes and cars were also destroyed, a statement from the military says.
Four militants and 30 suspects were arrested, it adds.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the military to defeat militants in the region by the end of this month.
He gave the order in November after a gun and bomb attack on a mosque killed more than 300 people.
Suspicion for that attack fell on an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group in Sinai and Mr Sisi authorised troops to use “all brute force” necessary to restore “security and stability” to the region within three months.
Egyptian ground troops, air forces and navy joined with border guards and the police for the operation, dubbed Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018.
