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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Airstrikes ordered by US President Barak Obama against Daesh (ISIS) targets in Libya were launched on August 1. The airstrike comes at the request of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) to help push the militants from the city of Sirte.
“The first air strikes were carried out at specific locations in Sirte today causing severe losses to enemy ranks,” Prime Minster Fayez Seraj said on state TV. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the strikes did not have “an end point at this particular moment in time.”
Seraj said the Presidential Council of the GNA, had decided to “activate” its participation in the international coalition against Daesh and “request the US to carry out targeted air strikes on Daesh.”
“I want to assure you that these operations are limited to a specific timetable and do not exceed Sirte and its suburbs,” he said, adding that international support on the ground would be limited to technical and logistical help.
The airstrikes targeted a specific tank location and two militant vehicles that posed a threat to GNA forces.
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