In a news release,US Africa Command says it carried out an airstrike on Islamic State in Libya on 29 September 2019.The strike targeted IS militants in Southern Libya.According to US Army MG William Gayler,AFRICOM director of operations:
By disrupting the terrorists' planning, training and activities, we also degrade their capacity to threaten US and partner interests in the region.*
AFRICOM said that,at this time, seven IS terrorists were killed as a result of the strike, and that no civilians were killed or injured.*
Islamist extremists have sought influence in Libya since strongman Colonel Muammar Gadaffi was assassinated in 2011 after some fifty years in power.*
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