Egypt Launches Airstrikes on Libya

Read original article by Ahmed Aboulenein on Reuters or quickly read the key points below;

1. “Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya”
2. “President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he had ordered strikes against what he called terrorist camps, declaring in a televised address that states that sponsored terrorism would be punished.”
3. “Egyptian military sources said six strikes took place near Derna in eastern Libya at around sundown, hours after masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt, killing 29 and wounding 24.
4. “Egyptian security and medical officials told the Associated Press news agency that of the 28 dead, many were children.”
5. “”Sources on the ground say the six locations targeted by Egyptian warplanes are civilian areas and populated districts inside the city,” he said. “They say that only civlian properties like houses, farms and vehicles have been damaged.”