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17 Daesh terrorists killed in first US strikes in Libya since Trump took office

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Sep 24, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
U.S. Navy via Reuters
U.S. Navy via Reuters
by Sep 24, 2017 12:00 am

Six U.S. air strikes on a Daesh desert camp in Libya killed 17 terrorists and destroyed three vehicles, the U.S. military said Sunday, the first U.S. strikes in Libya since President Donald Trump took office.

U.S. Africa Command said in a statement that strikes on Friday targeted a camp 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Sirte, a city that was once the Daesh stronghold in Libya. The camp was used to move fighters in and out of Libya, plot attacks and store weapons, the statement said.

"[Daesh] and al-Qaeda have taken advantage of ungoverned spaces in Libya to establish sanctuaries for plotting, inspiring and directing terror attacks," the statement said.

The last known U.S. strike in Libya was on Jan. 19, a day before Trump's inauguration, when more than 80 Daesh terrorists, some of whom were believed to be plotting attacks in Europe, died in U.S. air strikes on camps outside Sirte.

That strike was led by two B-2 bombers, which took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to carry out a 30-hour round-trip bombing run. They dropped about 100 precision-guided munitions on the camps.

Daesh took over Sirte in early 2015, turning it into its most important base outside the Middle East and attracting large numbers of foreign fighters to the city. The group imposed its hard line rule on residents and extended its control along about 155 miles (250 km) of Libya's Mediterranean coastline.

But it struggled to keep a footing elsewhere in Libya and by last December was forced out of Sirte after a six-month campaign led by brigades from the western city of Misrata and backed by U.S. air strikes.

Daesh terrorists have shifted to desert valleys and inland hills southeast of Tripoli as they seek to exploit Libya's political divisions after their defeat in Sirte.

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