A militia fighting on behalf of Libya’s UN-backed government has warned that Isis militants are regrouping in order to launch a new attack on the city of Misrata, the country’s trade capital.
Mohamed Ghasri, spokesperson and senior commander of the Misrata-based al-Bunyan al-Marsous forces,*said on Wednesday.“We have spotted movements by Daesh in the south of Sirte, where they are trying to regroup and break through our forces’ lines in the south,”
The militia was a key force in helping drive Isis out of the coastal city of Sirte last year after a gruelling six-month-long campaign aided by US air strikes.
Isis’s leaders in the country are now operating in the southern Sirte countryside. Mr Ghasri did not give details on how many fighters Isis is believed to be readying for a fresh assault on Misrata.*
The civil war that has engulfed Libya since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 has allowed warlords and extremists to gain footholds across the country.*
*http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-state-syria-iraq-islamic-state-a7862606.html
