In the Libyan desert are training camps of militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). This was reported by the senior Prosecutor of Libya, Sadiq al-sur, his words are reports Reuters.
According to the official, in fact we are talking about the appearance of the “desert the army at the head of the Libyan militant al-Mahdi Salem the Dome, also known as Abu Barakat”. “It is composed of three teams. This army was created after the liberation of the city of Sirte [the government forces],” said al sur.
On 23 August it was reported that the terrorists of ISIS attacked a checkpoint of the Libyan national army (LNA), 500 kilometers South of the capital, Tripoli. They beheaded nine soldiers and two civilians.
In December 2016 the Libyan city of Sirte, the battle which lasted several months, was liberated from is militants. Sirte is the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Since 2011, the city was constantly in the midst of the fighting: fighting between Gaddafi supporters and rebels, then during the civil war. In the spring of 2015 was captured by militants IG. As a result of constant shelling in Sirte there is not a single building.