Operation Sinai (2012)

Operation Sinai
Part of Sinai insurgency
Map of the Sinai Peninsula
Date 7 August 2012—ongoing (5 years, 1 week and 3 days) Location Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Egypt Egyptian Armed Forces Central Security Forces Egyptian National Police	Islamists: Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (until late 2014) Bedouin tribesmen Jund al Islam Popular Resistance Movement Takfir wal-Hijra Tawhid al-Jihad Ansar al-Sharia (from 2012) Mujahideen Shura Council (from 2012) Army of Islam Abdullah Azzam Brigades Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula (from late 2011) Al Furqan Brigades Soldiers of Egypt (from 2013) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014) Wilayat Sinai
Commanders and leaders
Adly Mansour Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Casualties and losses
21 killed, 36 wounded	32 killed, 38 arrested
2 civilians killed, 6 wounded. Total: 55 killed

 Egypt

Islamists:

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014)

Operation Sinai is an ongoing Egyptian military campaign, launched early August 2012, against Islamic militants within the Sinai Peninsula to crush the Sinai Insurgency. The operation came as a direct response to the 2012 Egyptian-Israeli border attack on 5 August 2012. The operation was initially reported as part of "Operation Nisr" (Operation Eagle), but on 3 September 2012, the Egyptian army issued a statement requesting media sources to use the official name "Operation Sinai."

The Egyptian Armed Forces are engaged in a difficult and sustained military campaign to subdue and eliminate dangerous and violent extremists from the Northern Sinai Peninsula. These extremists pose a dangerous threat to the people of the Sinai, the security of Egypt, and to the stability of the broader Middle East region. The fight against extremism in the Sinai is one of global significance. Over the last two years, extremists in the Northern Sinai region have attacked civilians and Egyptian authorities, resulting military and police deaths, and countless other injuries.

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