Cairo ({{AFP}}) – {Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya on Monday after the jihadists posted a video showing the decapitation of 21 Coptic Christians.
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The air strikes in the early morning hit IS camps and stores of weapons, the military said, hours after the jihadists released the gruesome footage of the beheadings.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told AFP there were at least seven air strikes in Derna in the east, a hotbed of militancy since Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was overthrown in 2011. It was not immediately clear whether other areas were also hit.<\/p>\n
It was the first time Egypt announced military action against Islamist targets in its western neighbour, having previously denied it targeted militants there.<\/p>\n
“Your armed forces on Monday carried out focused air strikes in Libya against Daesh camps, places of gathering and training, and weapons depots,” the military said in a statement, using the Arabic acronym for IS.<\/p>\n
State television showed footage of Egyptian fighter jets it said were taking off to conduct the strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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