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A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, attending an emergency meeting in Cairo on February 15, 2015 of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya in the early morning of February 16, 2015 after the jihadists posted a video showing the decapitation of 21 Coptic Christians. AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===