DAMASCUS,(ST)_ ” Syria condemns the terrorist massacre against the Egyptian police near Rafah, North Sinai and considers it a disgraced act of terrorism”, said the Syrian ministry of information.
In a statement yesterday, the ministry added :”On behalf of the Syrian people, we offer condolences to the people of Egypt and the families of the martyrs” , reiterating full confidence in the ability of the Egyptian people to withstand organized terrorism.
On Monday, 25 Egyptian central security soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a terrorist attack against their two buses near Rafah, North Sinai.
An Egyptian security source said that armed takfiri groups stopped the two buses on El Arish -Rafah road, stepped down the soldiers and killed them in cold blood by gunfire shots.
T. Fateh