Cairo launches powerful counteroffensive against jihadist cells. This large-scale operation affected not only the northern part of the country, but also the Nile delta, as well as the border with Libya, reported by bmpd with reference to the French TTU bulletin.
At the end 2017 year, the power ministry of Egypt was ordered to completely cleanse the country of armed groups, close to IS or Al-Qaeda (both organizations are banned in the Russian Federation).
reported, that since January 2018 year “the Egyptian authorities have attracted significant forces, which are composed of parachutists, border guards, special operations forces and anti-terrorism units and rely on unprecedented support from aerial reconnaissance assets ".
“However, it is rather difficult to clearly understand the Egyptian strategy and its results due to the information “blackout” by the Egyptian army, and first of all, how successful this operation is in those matters, where previous operations have failed. However, the intervention of the Israelis and Russian military advisers should lead to the emergence of new principles of warfare.. And it is in Libya that the true intention of this operation can emerge. ", - writes the French edition.
Two weeks ago, the Egyptian President paid a visit to Abu Dhabi to coordinate his actions with Sheikh Mohammed. Several UAE Air Force warplanes then arrived at an Egyptian military base west of Alexandria..
At the same time, Libyan Marshal Haftar met with the Egyptian leader in Cairo. Following the meeting, it became known, that Lebanon, together with Egypt, is preparing an offensive on Derna, located on the highway from Cairo, and from where the militants leave daily to penetrate the north of Egypt.
In May last year, Derna was already bombed by Egyptian aviation.. In this area, Libyan forces are experiencing difficulties due to the reduction of their air force.
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