12 DEAD AS US BOMBS LIBYA CAMP

A US air strike on a militant training camp in Libya killed dozens of people on Friday, probably including a senior Daesh group operative behind attacks in Tunisia, officials said. 

It was the second US air raid in the violence-wracked North African country targeting the fast-expanding Daesh group in the past three months. 

The strike early on Friday against a Daesh camp near the city of Sabratha “likely killed” Daesh operative Noureddine Chouchane, a US official said. 

Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the United States was still assessing the results of Friday’s raid, but noted that Chouchane’s death would be a significant blow to Daesh in Libya. “Destruction of the camp and Chouchane’s removal will eliminate an experienced facilitator and is expected to have an immediate impact on Daesh’s ability to facilitate its activities in Libya, including recruiting new Daesh members, establishing bases in Libya, and potentially planning external attacks on US interests in the region,” Cook said in a statement.