Al Azhar said it fully supported the Armed Forces in its wide scale campaign, co-launched by the army and the Interior Ministry on Friday, against terrorist elements in Sinai and nationwide.

In a statement Friday, Al Azhar urged all the Egyptians to side by their army and security forces in their running war against extremists and gangs.

It praised their sacrifices in defending the country.

Earlier in the day, the Armed Forces announced a comprehensive military operation at all strategic fronts in an operation that aims to uproot terrorism.

The operation comes in implementation of the directives issued by Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and President of the Republic Abdel Fattah El Sisi to the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior to root out terrorism, the military spokesman said in an earlier statement.

MENA