The recent bombing of select ISIL positions in the former nation once known as Libya may be a precursor to a much larger operation. France’s Le Figaro reported in December that France is considering a second intervention in Libya, with a six-month military operation possibly to be launched against ‘Daesh’ in Libya before the spring. […]
In a strongly sectarian statement and with chilling similarities to the initial stages of the Syria conflict, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group has been established in Egypt in opposition to protests and military action which brought about the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood regime.
A group calling itself ”Ansar Al-Sharia in the Land of Kinaanah (Egypt)” published a launch statement on an Al-Qaeda online forum, in which it condemned the Egyptian military’s actions, Christians and “herds of criminals and thugs”.
