Destroying homes and livelihoods is ‘textbook example of how to lose a counterinsurgency campaign’Egypt’s military campaign against insurgents in northern Sinai is harming thousands of civilians and risks turning more people against the government,according to Human Rights Watch.
The government has evicted 3200 families over the past two years and razed hundreds of hectares of farmland and thousands of homes in its bid to end smugglers’ tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip with Egypt’s northern Sinai peninsula, the rights group said in a report published on Tuesday. Related: The human cost of Egypt's 'successful war on terrorism' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com