Egypt on frontline in fight against IS militants: Kerry

September 13, 2014 22:56

US Secretary of State John Kerry today said Egypt was on the "frontline of fighting terrorism" as he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in his effort to build a broad coalition against Islamic State terrorists who have seized large chunks of land in Iraq and Syria.

Kerry, who arrived here as part of a regional tour, met Sisi after meeting Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi, who said that Arab states have vowed to confront extremism in the region, politically, economically, militarily and culturally.

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