An Egyptian naval vessel has caught fire in the eastern Mediterranean during a clash with fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Sinai Peninsula, the military said. Inside Story – Has Sisi’s Egypt failed on security? The patrol boat spotted the fighters from the Sinai Province group on the coast of Rafah on Thursday and engaged them, the military’s spokesman said in a statement. The boat went up in flames during an ensuing firefight. The military said it suffered no casualties, in the attack, which Sinai Province later claimed on Twitter. A series of pictures released by the group, showed a missile approaching and striking the vessel causing a large explosion. A witness in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, just across the border with the Egyptian town of Rafah, said the boat was struck at least three kilometres from the shore. “We […]