埃及總統突訪西奈半島
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi made an unannounced visit to the Sinai Peninsula Saturday to pay tribute to what he calls military "heroes" who are standing up to Islamic extremist violence.
Wearing army fatigues for the first time since stepping down as military chief and into the presidency, Mr. Sissi told the troops "to say that everything is under control is not enough. The situation is totally stable."
The Islamic State affiliate in Egypt, calling itself the Sinai Province, is claiming responsibility for most of the recent attacks on soldiers, police, and civilians on Sinai.
This includes Wednesday's massive terrorist strikes on Egyptian army checkpoints that reports said killed dozens of soldiers.
The army struck back, killing 100 militants.
Meanwhile, more violence on Sinai killed at least four civilians Saturday, including a child.埃及總統塞西星期六去到西奈半島訪問，緬懷他稱之爲” 英雄“的那些勇於反擊極端恐怖組織“伊斯蘭國” 的官兵。塞西此次訪問西奈半島，之前並沒有對外公佈消息。
塞西在訪問西奈半島期間，身著的是迷彩服軍裝；這是他辭掉埃及軍方首席將領一職、出任總統以來，首次身著迷彩服在公衆面前出現。塞西對駐守在西奈
半島的埃及官兵表示：“僅僅說軍事已經在我方掌控之下，還不完全；目前局勢徹底穩定。”
在埃及的“伊斯蘭國” 分支自稱是“西奈省” ，並稱最近一段時間內針對西奈半島上的埃及官兵、警方人員、以及平民百姓的襲擊，多數都是他們所爲。
上述襲擊事件當中，就包括星期三發生的針對埃及軍隊哨所的大規模恐怖襲擊。數十名埃及官兵在那次襲擊事件中喪生。
埃及軍方對“伊斯蘭國” 隨後進行了還擊，並擊斃了一百名武裝激進分子。
眼下，西奈半島上的暴力和衝突仍然在持續。星期六，至少四位平民百姓喪生，其中還有一名兒童。
