UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it allowed a US airstrike on al Qaeda fighters in the southern city of Ubari. The raid, according to spokesman for GNA leader Faiez Serraj, hit Wednesday a number of fighters of the terror group near Ubari, 900 km south of Tripoli. The country, left without a central government, became a fertile ground for terror groups including al Qaeda and the Islamic state group (ISIS). The US has conducted several and precise raids against the terror groups in Libya. The airstrike came amid ongoing campaign in the south by GNA-rival administration’s military led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 14, 2019 14:48 UTC