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Headline Roundup February 16th, 2015

Egypt Fights Back Against ISIS

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Egypt Launches Airstrikes On Islamic State In Libya After Video Of Mass Killing
Egypt Launches Airstrikes On Islamic State In Libya After Video Of Mass Killing

HuffPost

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Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a grisly online video released hours earlier.

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Battle against Islamic State expands as Egypt bombs Libyan affiliate
Battle against Islamic State expands as Egypt bombs Libyan affiliate

Christian Science Monitor

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Egypt's airstrikes came in response to the mass beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians by IS militants in Libya. The Libyan government has called for the US-led coalition in Syria and Iraq to turn its attentions to Libya.

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Revenge: Egypt Launches Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya After Execution of Christians
Revenge: Egypt Launches Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya After Execution of Christians

Townhall

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Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed revenge for the execution of 21 of its Coptic Christian citizens at the hands of ISIS, and it didn’t take long for the military to follow through.

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