Sinai Insurgency

Sinai insurgency (2011–present)

Part of Arab Winter and the Egyptian Crisis

Map of the Sinai Peninsula.
(For a more detailed map of the current military situation in Sinai, see .)

Date	5 February 2011 – present (6 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
Location	Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Status	Ongoing

Belligerents

Egypt

Israel

Israeli Defense Forces

Multinational Force and Observers

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

Sedki Sobhi
(2014-present)
Mohammed el-Shahat
Osama Askar
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
(2012–present)
Ahmed Wasfi
(2012–2014)
Hussein Tantawi
(2011–2012)

Sami Anan
(2011–2012)

Muhammad al-Zawahiri (POW)
Abd El-Fattah Salem (POW)
Fayez Abu-Sheta †
Youssif Abo-Ayat †
Saed Abo-Farih †

Abu Osama al-Masri (ISIL Emir of Wilayat Sinai)

Shadi el-Manaei

Selim Suleiman Al-Haram †

Strength

Total: 25,000 (41 battalions)

Total: ~12,000

ISIL: 1,000–1,500

Casualties and losses

700–2,000+ killed

1,100–2,000+ killed