2014 Farafra ambush

2014 Farafra ambush
Part of the Post-coup unrest in Egypt
Date19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)
Location
New Valley Governorate, Egypt
27°3′30″N 27°58′12″E / 27.05833°N 27.97000°E / 27.05833; 27.97000
Belligerents
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Egyptian Army
Commanders and leaders
Hesham Ashmawy[1] Mohamed Darwish
Strength
20 gunmen Unknown
Casualties and losses
8 killed 22 killed
2014 Farafra ambush is located in Egypt
2014 Farafra ambush
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Location within Egypt

The 2014 Farafra ambush (also called 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack) occurred on 19 July 2014 when unidentified gunmen ambushed a desert checkpoint in the Farafra Oasis Road in Egypt's New Valley Governorate. Twenty-two border guards were killed in the attack,[2] which was one of the biggest since the July 2013 ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and the second at the same checkpoint in less than three months.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference EgyptIndependent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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