Egypt State information Service (SIS) mourns, with the deep grief and sorrow, the Armed Forces' martyrs of a terrorist attack on a military checkpoint in North Sinai on Friday, leaving 12 servicemen dead and six others injured.

SIS leadership and employees express condolences to the families of the victims, the Armed Forces and the Egyptian people.

SIS condemns all terrorist attacks that aim to destabilize the country and stop the march of development.