US Says Airstrike Kills Islamic State Militant in Libya

A U.S. airstrike killed a suspected Islamic State militant in Libya on Tuesday, the U.S. Africa Command said. The strike into the northwestern town of Bani Walid was carried out in coordination with the U.N.-backed government based in Tripoli, it said in a statement. It did not name what it called an "ISIS-Libya terrorist" but residents identified him as Walid Bu Hariba who hails from the central city of Sirte where Islamic State had its main base in the anarchic North...

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