State Agency: Suicide Car Bomber Kills 2 Near Libya's Misrata

A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint near Libya's western Misrata city on Thursday, killing two guards, state news agency LANA quoted a military source as saying. The attack, claimed by Islamic State, targeted forces from the port city whose troops are allied with a self-declared government controlling the capital Tripoli and western Libya. Islamic State forces have profited from Libya's turmoil, four years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, to gain a...

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