US condemns attack in Egypt's Sinai
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The US State Department has said it strongly condemns the attack on a police convoy in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 18 policemen.
The United States, said spokesperson Heather Nauert, would "continue to stand with Egypt as it confronts the threat from terrorism."
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the ambush.
The northern part of Egypt's Sinai peninsula has been the epicenter of a long-running insurgency by militants now led by a local affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group.
