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Militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shot and killed five Egyptian conscripts on Thursday, as the Egyptian army searched for eight missing servicemen, lost after an attack on a navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea. According to security officials, the military had carried out air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula, killing three members of militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. Additionally, 16 …

 Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most violent militant group, on Monday pledged it allegiance to extremist group Islamic State’s self-declared “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, amid reports that Baghdadi had either been wounded or killed in a US air raid. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has executed several lethal attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, traditionally considered its stronghold. Iraqi authorities are investigating reports …