{"id":5445,"date":"2018-02-13T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:51:35","slug":"egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula.<\/h4>\n<h4>In a statement issued on Monday, the Egyptian army said the latest fatalities, which came during heavy gun battles, brought to 28 the number of the militants killed since the launch of \u2018Operation Sinai 2018\u2019 on Friday.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Egyptian air force also bombed 60 militant positions in the region.<\/h4>\n<h4>The objective of the major operation \u2014 involving Egyptian forces in the army, air force and the navy \u2014 is to tighten control of border points and \u201cclean up areas where there are terrorist hotbeds,\u201d according to the army.<\/h4>\n<h4>In November, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had instructed the country\u2019s armed forces to end the Daesh-inspired militancy in Sinai Peninsula within three months, after a brutal mosque attack killed over 300 people.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. \u00a0 Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. In a statement issued on Monday, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[865,55,828,703],"class_list":["post-5445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-daesh","tag-egypt","tag-force","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. \u00a0 Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. In a statement issued on Monday, &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/\",\"name\":\"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":365},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves","og_description":"Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. \u00a0 Egyptian security forces have killed 12 Takfiri militants and captured 92 others as part of an ongoing military offensive in the violence-torn Sinai Peninsula. In a statement issued on Monday, &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":365,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/","name":"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-13T14:51:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/images_2018_02_13_03.jpg","width":650,"height":365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5445-egyptian-army-kills-12-militants-arrests-92-amid-fresh-sinai-operation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Egyptian army kills 12 militants, arrests 92 amid fresh Sinai operation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}