Mattheo Renzi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mattheo-renzi/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mattheo Renzi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mattheo-renzi/ 32 32 Egypt seeks international military action against IS https://jjcornish.com/2015/02/egypt-seeks-international-military-action/ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/02/egypt-seeks-international-military-action/ Egypt’s appealing for international support in fighting the rise of Islamic State in Libya. This follows yesterday’s strike on IS bases in Libya following the beheading of 21 Egyptians. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi had talks yesterday with his French counterpart Francois Hollande and Italian premier Mattheo Renzi. He’s trying to drum up an […]

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]]> Egypt’s appealing for international support in fighting the rise of Islamic State in Libya.

This follows yesterday’s strike on IS bases in Libya following the beheading of 21 Egyptians.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi had talks yesterday with his French counterpart Francois Hollande and Italian premier Mattheo Renzi.

He’s trying to drum up an international military campaign against Islamic State in Libya that abducted and publicly executed 21 Coptic Christians and posted their killings online.

After Egyptian jets struck IS bases in eastern Libya – with the approval of local authorities – officials in Rome said they were considering joining military action.

Italian Prime Minister Mattheo Renzi appeared to put the brakes on this, however, saying political actions is the best way of following the air strikes

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