3 Killed in Bombing in Egypt’s Arish

An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
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3 Killed in Bombing in Egypt’s Arish

An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)

Two army recruits and a civilian were killed on Sunday when an explosive targeting a security forces bus went off in Egypt’s al-Arish city.

Five other people were wounded in the attack.

Arish is located in Sinai, which has been a hotbed for extremists loyal to the ISIS terrorist organization.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had declared on January 19 that thousands of members of the security forces have been injured in extremist attacks since 2014.

Security sources said that hundreds of their members have been killed by the terrorists since the 2011 uprising.

The extremists have in recent months widened their attacks to target churches.

Hundreds of the terrorists have meanwhile been killed in security and military campaigns in northern Sinai as they seek to eliminate them from the area.



Large-scale Refugee Returns Could Overwhelm Syria, UN Migration Agency Chief Warns

Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria. (File/AP)
Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria. (File/AP)
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Large-scale Refugee Returns Could Overwhelm Syria, UN Migration Agency Chief Warns

Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria. (File/AP)
Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria. (File/AP)

Large-scale returns of refugees to Syria could overwhelm the country and even stoke conflict at a fragile moment following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, the head of the UN migration agency told reporters on Friday.
"We believe that millions of people returning would create conflict within an already fragile society," said Amy Pope, director-general of the International Organization for Migration, told a Geneva press briefing after a trip to the country. "We are not promoting large scale returns. The communities, frankly, are just not ready to absorb the people who are displaced."