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IS Foothold in Libya Threatens Europe, West Africa

The Islamic State has a new front: an established foothold in Libya. And Libya gives IS a new opportunity: a place from which to expand into Africa and Europe. "Libya is one of the top two or three provinces claimed by IS, and the most dangerous," said Tom Joscelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. While IS has had a presence in the chaos of post-Gadhafi Libya since late 2014, it has recently solidified its control of the coastal city of...

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