<span style="color: #222222;">Egypt's government today said security forces have killed 15 terrorists in a raid in the restive Sinai Peninsula.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">An Interior Ministry statement said, security forces exchanged fire with the militants as they stormed their hideout in the Mediterranean coastal city of el-Arish.  No casualties were reported among the police.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The statement came three days after an Islamic State group attack on a checkpoint in the town of Bir el-Abd killed eight troops and a civilian.</span><br />