Medical sources confirmed the casualty toll from the attack, for which there was no immediate claim of responsibility. In the past few years, attacks against security forces have been concentrated in the restive Sinai, where jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State group continue to operate. Eleven soldiers were killed on...

Israeli-organized twin dance festivals in the Sinai have sparked outrage in Egypt as they come just days before the anniversary of the end of the Jewish state's occupation of the peninsula.