Egypt Sentences 37 to Jail for Joining ISIS: Judicial Sources

This picture taken shows a discarded Islamic State (IS) group flag lying on the ground in the village of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province near the Iraqi border, on March 24, 2019. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

An Egyptian court sentenced 37 people on Monday to jail terms including life imprisonment for joining or supporting ISIS terrorist group’s Sinai Province affiliate, judicial sources said.

Extremists loyal to ISIS have been waging an insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula and other parts of the country that has killed hundreds of soldiers, police, and residents.