Security forces’ shootout with six militants in Assiut tops Egypt’s international press coverage

Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is wire coverage of security forces killing six suspected militants during a security raid and shootout in Assiut. The Interior Ministry said security forces raided an apartment being used as “an organizational base” for terror operations, but did not clarify when the shootout took place, Reuters reports. The raid comes days after Daesh claimed twin bombings at two military checkpoints in Rafah that killed at least 23 soldiers, in what was one of the worst attacks against the country’s security forces.