Egyptian militants pledge allegiance to IS group

People collect their belongings from their residence as the Egyptian army demolish homes on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. In the deadliest-ever militant attack on the military, at least 30 soldiers were killed late last month in Sinai, prompting el-Sissi to declare a state of emergency in northern Sinai and order the eviction of some 10,000 people from the town of Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/El Shorouk newspaper, Ahmed Abd El-Latif) EGYPT OUT

CAIRO (AP) — Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a jihadi organization based in the Sinai Peninsula that has carried out a series of attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

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