 "Egypt's President Sisi wants a UN-backed coalition in Libya")
Egypt’s president says a UN-backed coalition to rid Libya of Islamic militants is the best option. [caption id=“attachment_1606001” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Egypt’s President Sisi. Reuters[/caption] Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, speaking to France’s Europe 1 Radio in an interview aired Tuesday, says that Egyptian airstrikes against Islamic State group positions in Libya were in self-defense. El-Sissi, a general-turned-politician, tells the radio channel: “We will not allow them to cut off the heads of our children.” Asked whether he wanted to see a U.N.-backed coalition for Libya, he said: “I think there is no choice.” Egypt’s airstrikes on Monday were in retaliation for the mass beheading on a beach of Egyptian Coptic Christians. A video of the killings was released by the Islamic State late on Sunday. AP
Egypt’s president says a UN-backed coalition to rid Libya of Islamic militants is the best option.
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