Egypt: Is Affiliate's Attempt to Hold Ground in Egypt's Sinai 'Major Development' in Group's Tactics - Analyst

A string of coordinated attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid is "moving in the same direction" as that of Islamic State fighters, an analyst said.

Zack Gold, a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, described Wednesday's attack as a "major development" and a possible attempt by the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militant group to drag Egypt's military to "urban warfare" rather than an earlier "hit-and-run" style of attacks.

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