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Bunkers And Booby-Traps As ISIS Makes A Stand In Libya
Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, ISIS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces.
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US Air Raids Lift Morale Of Libya Anti-ISIS Force On The Ground
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.
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US Air Raid Hits ISIS In Libya, 43 Dead
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.
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Cannot Yet Confirm Results Of Air Strikes In Libya: White House
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.
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Anti-ISIS Air Raid Kills More Than 40 In Libya: Officials
An air strike by an unidentified warplane Friday killed more than 40 people near the Libyan capital where suspected members of the ISIS were gathered, officials said.
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US Confirms Death of Top ISIS Leader in Libya
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.
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US Strike Kills Head of ISIS in Libya: Pentagon
The head of the Islamic State group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday.
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Tunisian Abu Iyadh, Reported Dead in Libya, is Al Qaeda Veteran
Abu Iyadh, the founder of Tunisia's main jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia reported Friday to have been killed in a US air strike in Libya, is a veteran of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda in North Africa Denies US Strike Killed Ex-Chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Al Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a statement posted online overnight.
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Militant Group Denies US Air Strike Killed Algerian Belmokhtar
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.
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One-Eyed Jihadist Belmokhtar was Target of US Air Strike, Confirms Pentagon
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.
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8 Killed in Air Strike as Libya Government Aims to Recapture Capital
Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the US ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival faction last year.
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US Backs off Statement That Egypt, UAE Were Behind Libya Air Strikes
The US State Department on Tuesday backed off an earlier statement that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were behind air strikes on Islamist militants in Libya.
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Obama approves use of armed drones in Libya
President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned over control of the operation to NATO on April 4.It also is the first time that drones will be used for airstrikes since the conflict began on March 19, although they have routinely been flying s...
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Bunkers And Booby-Traps As ISIS Makes A Stand In Libya
Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, ISIS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces.
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US Air Raids Lift Morale Of Libya Anti-ISIS Force On The Ground
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.
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US Air Raid Hits ISIS In Libya, 43 Dead
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.
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Cannot Yet Confirm Results Of Air Strikes In Libya: White House
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.
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Anti-ISIS Air Raid Kills More Than 40 In Libya: Officials
An air strike by an unidentified warplane Friday killed more than 40 people near the Libyan capital where suspected members of the ISIS were gathered, officials said.
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US Confirms Death of Top ISIS Leader in Libya
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.
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US Strike Kills Head of ISIS in Libya: Pentagon
The head of the Islamic State group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday.
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Tunisian Abu Iyadh, Reported Dead in Libya, is Al Qaeda Veteran
Abu Iyadh, the founder of Tunisia's main jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia reported Friday to have been killed in a US air strike in Libya, is a veteran of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda in North Africa Denies US Strike Killed Ex-Chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Al Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a statement posted online overnight.
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Militant Group Denies US Air Strike Killed Algerian Belmokhtar
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.
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One-Eyed Jihadist Belmokhtar was Target of US Air Strike, Confirms Pentagon
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.
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8 Killed in Air Strike as Libya Government Aims to Recapture Capital
Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the US ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival faction last year.
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US Backs off Statement That Egypt, UAE Were Behind Libya Air Strikes
The US State Department on Tuesday backed off an earlier statement that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were behind air strikes on Islamist militants in Libya.
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Obama approves use of armed drones in Libya
President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned over control of the operation to NATO on April 4.It also is the first time that drones will be used for airstrikes since the conflict began on March 19, although they have routinely been flying s...
