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Breaking News: US launches strikes on IS in Libya
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Date
1st August, 2016
The strikes targeted positions in the port city of Sirte, an IS stronghold.
Libyan PM Fayez al-Sarraj, in a televised address, said the strikes caused “heavy losses”.
Western powers have become increasingly concerned at Islamic State’s growing presence in Libya.
The air strikes are the first such US military intervention co-ordinated with the Libyan unity government.
Source: BBC News
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