Egypt Says it Launched Air Strikes Against ISIS Targets in Libya.
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Cairo, 16 February 2015(Lana) Egypt's armed forces announced on
Monday that they have launched air strikes against ISIS targets
inside Libya, in retaliation for the killing of 21 Egyptian nationals
in the country.
A statement by the Armed Forces General Command, carried by the
Egyptian television, said 'in implementation of orders by the
National Defence Council and in line with Egypt's right to defend its
security and stability, and in response to the criminal acts of the
terrorist groups, the armed forces launched at dawn on Monday
pinpoint air strikes against the camps, ammunition storage areas of
ISIS in Libya.
The statement carried by the German news agency said the strikes
were carried out with precision and achieved their goals.
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