Egypt – AFP – 1/25/2015 – Egypt on Sunday extended by three months a state of emergency in force since late October in areas of North Sinai after an attack that killed 30 soldiers.
On October 24, a suicide bomber and gunmen killed 30 soldiers near the provincial capital of El-Arish.
The cabinet decided to extend the emergency by three months, including a night-time curfew between 7:00 pm and 6:00 am local time.
The military is building a buffer zone along the border with Gaza to prevent militants infiltrating from the Palestinian enclave.