This Article is From Jan 30, 2015

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi Cuts Short Overseas Trip After Sinai Attacks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi Cuts Short Overseas Trip After Sinai Attacks

File Photo of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Agence France-Presse)

Cairo:

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is cutting short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, returning home to deal with a wave of deadly militant attacks, his office said Friday.

At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Thursday when militants fired rockets and set off a car bomb in North Sinai province in simultaneous assaults claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group.

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