SINAI (AA) – Two Egyptian army vehicles came under fire in the northern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, a security source told Anadolu Agency.
According to the source, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicles as they drove along the Sheikh Zuweid road.
No casualties were reported.
Sinai has witnessed mounting violence against police and army personnel since the July 3 ouster of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first freely-elected president, by the military establishment.
Within recent months, dozens of policemen and soldiers have been killed in numerous attacks by unidentified gunmen, especially in the peninsula's northeastern quadrant.
The Egyptian army is currently carrying out what military experts are calling the largest military operation on the peninsula since Egypt's 1973 war with Israel with the stated aim of combating "militancy and terrorism."
by Ahmed al-Bardissi
englishnews@aa.com.tr
