Abdel Fattah al-Sisi responded to the insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula mostly through military operations. The conflict intensified after an extremist group operating in the peninsula pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014. He vowed to defeat the militants and launched large-scale operations aimed at eliminating the insurgency and restoring government control.
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