Egypt President Sisi urges UN intl coalition to intervene in Libya
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"There is no other choice, taking into account the agreement of the Libyan people and government and that they call on us to act," Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told France's Europe 1 radio in an interview aired on Tuesday.
Asked if it would recommence its own action: "We need to do it again, and all of us together."
Sisi called on militias to hand in their arms but urged weapons to be supplied to Libya's internationally recognized government, based in the eastern city of Tobruk after rivals seized power in Tripoli.
"What is happening in Libya is a threat to international peace and security," said Sisi on Monday, speaking for a nation mortified and enraged by a video showing Egyptian Coptic Christians being led along a beach, purportedly in Libya, before being executed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) members.
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The Tobruk government has already asked for the lifting of an international arms embargo to help it take back control of the country.
Egypt launched an aerial assault on IS positions in Libya on Monday and called on the United States and Europe to participate in an international coalition in the North African state.
IS training camps were targeted "to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers," Egyptian military statement said, as quoted by AP. "Let those far and near know that Egyptians have a shield to protect and safeguard the security of the country and a sword that cuts off terrorism."
The Egyptian military sent US-made F-16 fighter jets to target alleged IS sites in the eastern Libyan city of Darna, according to Egyptian and Libyan security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, AP reported.
Libya saw a multinational intervention in the 2011 Libyan civil war that led to the death of Libya strongman Muammar Gaddafi. That operation, which was not UN-sanctioned, led to massive chaos and upheaval across the country.