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| US B-2 bombers strike ISIS camps in Libya – defense officials | US B-2 bombers strike ISIS camps in Libya – defense officials |
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| US B-2 bombers hit Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) camps outside the city of Sirte in Libya, AFP and Reuters report, citing US defense officials. | US B-2 bombers hit Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) camps outside the city of Sirte in Libya, AFP and Reuters report, citing US defense officials. |
| According to the unnamed sources, the bombardment struck IS targets some 45km from Sirte. | According to the unnamed sources, the bombardment struck IS targets some 45km from Sirte. |
| Dozens of IS terrorists have been killed in the US bombardment, AFP reports, citing officials. | |
| The mission was coordinated with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), two defense officials told Reuters. | The mission was coordinated with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), two defense officials told Reuters. |
| Sirte was once an IS stronghold in Libya, before government forces and local militia groups retook the city in December last year. | |
| In the aftermath, GNA officials said they would continue to clear the territories around Sirte of IS jihadists. | |
| The GNA mission to drive out IS militants from Sirte has frequently been aided by US airstrikes. | |
| Back in August, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said during a press conference that the US will continue to “strike at ISIL anywhere it raises its head.” | |
| He stressed that Libya is “one of those places” and that Washington will continue to provide airstrikes there “as long as [the Libyan government] is requesting them.” | |
| Islamic State gained a foothold in Libya after the country plunged into chaos following the NATO-backed ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The B-2 bomber is a multipurpose stealth bomber first used by the US during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. It was designed primarily to deliver nuclear weapons but has been used extensively as a conventional bomber in major US military campaigns, from Afghanistan to Libya. |