The Egyptian military conducted a series of airstrikes Monday on the Libyan coastal city of Darna, where jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State hold sway. The attacks were in retaliation for the purported beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian hostages on a Libyan beach by Islamic State-linked militants. A video depicting the grisly act was uploaded to an Islamic State-sympathetic Web site on Sunday, sparking Egyptian ire.
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