50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion

Juan Cole 07/02/2015

Aljazeera International | Video Report | – –

“At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera’s Omar Saleh reports.”

At the same time, Egyptian troops surrounded and killed 9 Muslim Brothers in a Cairo neighborhood, including a former member of parliament.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page