Egyptian children are being recruited to fight for pro-government militias in the North Sinai where an Islamic State group insurgency is raging, The New Arab’s Arabic sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Wednesday. Images circulated online show children carrying guns as part of armed tribal formations, apparently taking part in military operations in the cities of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. These operations are aimed at crushing an ongoing insurgency in the peninsula – most notably by IS militants – in an area blighted by instability and poverty. Alleged members of the Sinai Tribal Union h…