‘Bridge to Europe? Libya turns into main hub for ISIS’
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Libya is just about 350 kilometers from Italy, and is a failed state full of weapons, money, and oil and ISIS is likely use it as a hub to attack Western targets and spread within North Africa, Danni Makki of the Syrian youth movement in the UK, told RT.
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Egypt Launches Airstrikes On Islamic State In Libya After Video Of Mass Killing
| By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL
Posted: 02/16/2015 2:23 am EST Updated: 43 minutes ago
CAIRO (AP) — Security officials say Egyptian warplanes have staged a second wave of airstrikes against positions of the Islamic State group in neighboring Libya.
The officials said the warplanes struck on Monday in Darna, an extremist stronghold in eastern Libya. The first wave of airstrikes also targeted Darna.
The airstrikes are in retaliation for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in an online video released Sunday night.
In Libya, a security official said Darna and its suburbs were rocked by the sound of massive explosions around lunchtime on Monday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
