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Egypt Launches Air Raids On Libya After Christians Killed
Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.
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Egyptian Air Strikes Hit Terrorists After Deadly Attack
Egypt's military launched air strikes against terrorists targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after the ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint.
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Islamic State Affiliate in Egypt Insists it Brought Down Russian Plane
Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate dismissed in an audio message today doubts that it had downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all aboard, and said it would tell the world how it did so in its own time.
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TV Anchor Mistakes Video Game Footage for Russian Airstrikes in Syria
Controversial Egyptian television anchor Ahmed Moussa is known to throw caution - and sometimes facts - to the wind. To the amusement of his many critics online, his latest on-air misstep was no exception.
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Split Over Bashar al-Assad, Arab States Mum on Russia's Syria Strikes
Divided over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Arab countries have kept silent over Russian air strikes in Syria, apart from Cairo which openly supports Moscow's campaign, experts said.
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Egypt Attack Survivors, Some on Stretchers, Return to Mexico
On stretchers and in wheelchairs, six Mexican tourists hurt in an Egyptian air strike that mistakenly killed eight others returned home on Friday amid a call for compensation for the victims.
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Mexican Foreign Minister Visits Tourists Wounded in Egypt Air Strike
Mexico's foreign minister visited a Cairo hospital Wednesday to meet survivors of an Egyptian air strike that mistakenly killed eight Mexican tourists, after President Enrique Pena Nieto expressed his country's "outrage".
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Egyptian Army Kills 63 Militants in North Sinai: Sources
Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.
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25 Militants Killed in Air Strikes as Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Inspects Troops, Says Egypt
Egyptian warplanes killed 25 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Saturday, security sources said, as the Egyptian president visited the province after a major escalation of the conflict there.
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United Kingdom Archbishop in 'Condolence' Visit to Egypt
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, arrived in Egypt today to offer his condolences over the beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists in Libya.
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Britain Rules Out Lifting Arms Embargo on Libya
Britain on Thursday rejected possible international military action in Libya and ruled out lifting an arms embargo on the country until it forms a unified government.
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Qatar Recalls Ambassador to Egypt Amid Dispute Over Air Strikes in Libya
Qatar has recalled its ambassador in Cairo "for consultations", state news agency QNA said late on Wednesday, amid disputes over Egyptian air strikes in Libya.
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Palestinian Christians Urge Stronger Fight Against Islamic State
Some 200 Palestinian Christians staged a candlelit march in Jerusalem Wednesday to mourn Egyptian Copts killed by the Islamic State group in Libya, calling for stronger international action against the jihadists.
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'50 Killed' in Strikes Launched After Islamic State Hostages Video, Says Libyan Air Force
Libya's air force chief said on Monday that at least 50 people had been killed in airstrikes by Egyptian and Libyan warplanes launched after jihadists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians.
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Egypt Carries Airstrikes in Libya After Islamic State Beheads 21 Hostages
Egypt's military said in a statement on state television it had carried out an air strike against Islamic State targets in Libya at dawn on Monday, a day after the group released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians there.
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Egypt Launches Air Raids On Libya After Christians Killed
Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.
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Egyptian Air Strikes Hit Terrorists After Deadly Attack
Egypt's military launched air strikes against terrorists targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after the ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint.
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Islamic State Affiliate in Egypt Insists it Brought Down Russian Plane
Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate dismissed in an audio message today doubts that it had downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all aboard, and said it would tell the world how it did so in its own time.
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TV Anchor Mistakes Video Game Footage for Russian Airstrikes in Syria
Controversial Egyptian television anchor Ahmed Moussa is known to throw caution - and sometimes facts - to the wind. To the amusement of his many critics online, his latest on-air misstep was no exception.
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Split Over Bashar al-Assad, Arab States Mum on Russia's Syria Strikes
Divided over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Arab countries have kept silent over Russian air strikes in Syria, apart from Cairo which openly supports Moscow's campaign, experts said.
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Egypt Attack Survivors, Some on Stretchers, Return to Mexico
On stretchers and in wheelchairs, six Mexican tourists hurt in an Egyptian air strike that mistakenly killed eight others returned home on Friday amid a call for compensation for the victims.
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Mexican Foreign Minister Visits Tourists Wounded in Egypt Air Strike
Mexico's foreign minister visited a Cairo hospital Wednesday to meet survivors of an Egyptian air strike that mistakenly killed eight Mexican tourists, after President Enrique Pena Nieto expressed his country's "outrage".
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Egyptian Army Kills 63 Militants in North Sinai: Sources
Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.
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25 Militants Killed in Air Strikes as Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Inspects Troops, Says Egypt
Egyptian warplanes killed 25 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Saturday, security sources said, as the Egyptian president visited the province after a major escalation of the conflict there.
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United Kingdom Archbishop in 'Condolence' Visit to Egypt
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, arrived in Egypt today to offer his condolences over the beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists in Libya.
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Britain Rules Out Lifting Arms Embargo on Libya
Britain on Thursday rejected possible international military action in Libya and ruled out lifting an arms embargo on the country until it forms a unified government.
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Qatar Recalls Ambassador to Egypt Amid Dispute Over Air Strikes in Libya
Qatar has recalled its ambassador in Cairo "for consultations", state news agency QNA said late on Wednesday, amid disputes over Egyptian air strikes in Libya.
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Palestinian Christians Urge Stronger Fight Against Islamic State
Some 200 Palestinian Christians staged a candlelit march in Jerusalem Wednesday to mourn Egyptian Copts killed by the Islamic State group in Libya, calling for stronger international action against the jihadists.
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'50 Killed' in Strikes Launched After Islamic State Hostages Video, Says Libyan Air Force
Libya's air force chief said on Monday that at least 50 people had been killed in airstrikes by Egyptian and Libyan warplanes launched after jihadists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians.
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Egypt Carries Airstrikes in Libya After Islamic State Beheads 21 Hostages
Egypt's military said in a statement on state television it had carried out an air strike against Islamic State targets in Libya at dawn on Monday, a day after the group released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians there.
