Egypt says global action needed to counter Islamic State
CAIRO - Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday ties existed between Islamic State, the group holding large parts of Iraq and Syria, and other militants in the region and that global action was needed to counter the threat.
Sameh Shukri, speaking at a Cairo news conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, said regional militant groups shared the same ideology and must be dealt with.
Egypt's call for international action could bolster Kerry's bid to gather support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters.
