Retaliating for the mass killing of 21 of its Christian citizens, Egypt launched air strikes against the self-declared Islamic State in Libya.
Al Arabiya reports:
Yesterday, the Sunni militants released a video that purported to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians. ISIS had previously released photos of the Coptic Christians that it kidnapped last week. Egypt had offered to evacuate thousands of its citizens in Libya.
The Guardian reports that a spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces General Command said the strikes in Libya were "to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers."
"Let those far and near know that Egyptians have a shield that protects them," the statement continued.
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