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.
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.
