Lightning mission of the head of the CIA in Libya. Details emerge a few hours after the surprise visit to the North African country of director Bill Burns. The news made known by some local media was confirmed to La Stampa by informed sources according to which the meetings were measured in terms of time. The mission comes after repeated reports of growing footholds for radical Islamist and extremist groups in areas west of Tripoli and in the southern region of the country. «The flash mission suggests that Burns was the bearer of a message», Daniele Ruvinetti, senior advisor of the MedOr Foundation, explains to La Stampa.

Source: Libya Today January 13, 2023 10:35 UTC