IS Militants Kill 10 Pro-Tripoli Fighters in Central Libya

Ten fighters loyal to the self-proclaimed government that controls Tripoli were killed Wednesday by Islamic State militants in central Libya, as the Islamists spread their reach in the divided country. Islamist militants in Libya who have allied themselves to the Islamic State group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria had until recently been mostly active in the east, where the internationally recognized government is now based. But in recent weeks they have expanded westward to the...

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