Air Strike On Libya

At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said.

Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.

Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.

Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.

Crouched behind a cement wall to avoid sniper fire, Libyan pro-government fighters say US air strikes on the ISIS jihadist group in its Sirte bastion have boosted morale.

US warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected ISIS training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.

The White House said on Friday it cannot yet confirm the results of US air strikes in Libya, but that the Obama administration is committed to taking decisive action against ISIS.

Unidentified aircraft carried out an air strike on the Libyan city of Derna today, killing at least three people, an eye-witness in the city and a local television station reported.

The United States on Monday confirmed the death of the ISIS's senior leader in Libya, known as Abu Nabil, who was targeted in a Nov. 13 US air strike carried out by F-15 aircraft on a compound in the city of Derna.

Libya's internationally recognised government has asked fellow Arab states to conduct air strikes against Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, a cabinet statement said on Saturday.

Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.

The Sahara-based Islamist group al-Mourabitoun on Thursday denied reports that veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of its leaders, was killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Libya last week.

Notorious jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar was the target of a US air strike, the Pentagon said on Sunday, without immediately confirming claims in Libya that he was killed.

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals, officials said, as United Nations-brokered peace talks resumed in Morocco.

A Filipino was killed and eight people were wounded when a rocket hit the western Libyan town of Zawiya, a Libyan official said on Monday.

At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said.

Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.

Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.

Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.

Crouched behind a cement wall to avoid sniper fire, Libyan pro-government fighters say US air strikes on the ISIS jihadist group in its Sirte bastion have boosted morale.

US warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected ISIS training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.

The White House said on Friday it cannot yet confirm the results of US air strikes in Libya, but that the Obama administration is committed to taking decisive action against ISIS.

Unidentified aircraft carried out an air strike on the Libyan city of Derna today, killing at least three people, an eye-witness in the city and a local television station reported.

The United States on Monday confirmed the death of the ISIS's senior leader in Libya, known as Abu Nabil, who was targeted in a Nov. 13 US air strike carried out by F-15 aircraft on a compound in the city of Derna.

Libya's internationally recognised government has asked fellow Arab states to conduct air strikes against Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, a cabinet statement said on Saturday.

Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.

The Sahara-based Islamist group al-Mourabitoun on Thursday denied reports that veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of its leaders, was killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Libya last week.

Notorious jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar was the target of a US air strike, the Pentagon said on Sunday, without immediately confirming claims in Libya that he was killed.

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals, officials said, as United Nations-brokered peace talks resumed in Morocco.

A Filipino was killed and eight people were wounded when a rocket hit the western Libyan town of Zawiya, a Libyan official said on Monday.