US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon

[WorldNews]

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The US military conducted air strikes in Libya on Monday following a government request to target the Islamic State group's Libyan stronghold of Sirte, the Pentagon announced. While the Pentagon has carried out two previous air attacks on high-value IS targets in Libya, Monday's action marked the first US strikes in Sirte itself. "At the request of the Libyan Government of National Accord, the United States military conducted precision air strikes against ISIL targets in Sirte, Libya, to support GNA-affiliated forces seeking to defeat ISIL in its primary stronghold in Libya," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said, using an acronym for the IS group.

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