source: Twitter; Facebook; Al Masry Al Youm (Egypt)
actor1: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
actor2: Islamic State (Egypt)
location: Al Arish
notes: On May 16, Military Forces announced that 47 suspected IS militants and five soldiers were killed and 4 wounded during clashes in Sinai. 300 explosives were defused and many weapons seized during the operations. Military Air Forces reportedly claimed the destruction of 30 hideouts. (location of clashes unknown- coded as Al Arish geoprecision 3). 