2014 Farafra ambush
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, 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.
| 2014 Farafra ambush | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Post-coup unrest in Egypt | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Ansar Bait al-Maqdis | Egyptian Army | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Hesham Ashmawy | Mohamed Darwish | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 20 gunmen | Unknown | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 8 killed | 22 killed | ||||
Location within Egypt | |||||
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