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French PM Calls Anti-Daesh Libya Operation 'Doubtless'

© AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon, FileIn this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades chant anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad
In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades chant anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad - Sputnik International
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that he has "no doubts" that the operation against Daesh will be required in Libya.

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday, that the anti-Daesh (another name for ISIL terrorist group) coalition will have to expand operations to Libya to counter the group.

France began operations against Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq in November, intensifying the attacks after Daesh carried out terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. On December 1, internationally recognized Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Thani told Sputnik that the Libyan government wanted Moscow to extend its fight against ISIL to Libya.

"We live with the terrorist threat. We are in a state of war. We have an enemy, Daesh, that we must fight and crush in Iraq, Syria, and tomorrow, without a doubt, in Libya," Valls said," Valls told the France Inter radio channel.

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A US-led international coalition, which includes France, has been conducting airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq since August 2014, later expanding the attacks to include ISIL targets in Syria.

Russian jets began a separate military operation against ISIL and other extremist groups in Syria on September 30, after a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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