Egyptian air force says strikes arms convoy at Libya borderEgyptian military on Monday said its air force hit eight four-wheel-drive vehicles carrying arms and explosives at Egypt’s western border with Libya, killing the militants on board. A military statement gave no details of the number of fatalities or about which militant group it suspected was transporting the arms. On Friday Egypt’s security forces suffered one of their deadliest attacks, when militants killed police officers using rockets and explosives in a remote area about 135 km southwest of Cairo. Egypt has carried out air strikes in Libya occasionally since its neighbour descended into factional fighting in the years following the 2011 civil war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. The statement added that in the raid, which was carried out after the military received information of the stronghold, security forces confiscated “a large amount of arms and ammunition.”NANThe post Egyptian air force says strikes arms convoy at Libya border appeared first on Vanguard News.

Source: Libya Today October 23, 2017 16:07 UTC