U.S. Military Aid to Egypt Continues Despite Democratic Struggle

Islamic militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) in November 2014, after a deadly attack on Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula. The group, based in Sinai and now known as ISIS-Sinai Province, has escalated attacks over the past year and a half.

In January 2015, Sinai Province militants launched a series of attacks on army and police bases in North Sinai. On July 1, militants killed more than 20 Egyptian soldiers in attacks on army checkpoints on the peninsula, in one of the biggest attacks since the Sinai insurgency started after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Just 15 days later, militants used a guided missile to hit an Egyptian navy patrol ship in the Mediterranean.

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