The Pentagon said it was not given any advance warning by the Egyptian air force before it conducted airstrikes against ISIS training camps in eastern Libya Monday.
“We weren't notified ahead of time. We didn't participate or support them in any way, and we're not taking a position on it,” Rear Admiral John Kirby said during a Pentagon briefing, Fox News reported on Thursday.
Egypt flew U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets when it dropped bombs on ISIS training camps near Derna, in response to the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on the shores of Tripoli.