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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Egypt wants UN intervention in Libya
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt calls for UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State group targets following the jihadists’ beheadings of Egyptian Christians.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says “there is no choice” but to create a global coalition to confront the extremists in Libya, in an interview aired by France’s Europe 1 radio.
Egypt’s foreign minister was in New York seeking backing from UN Security Council members for military intervention and to demand “full support” against the jihadists, a ministry spokesman says.
The diplomatic push comes a day after Egyptian F-16s bombed terror bases in Derna and on the February 17 anniversary of the beginning of the 2011 NATO-backed revolt that ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
— AFP
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