By Lamine Chikhi
The United States is “watching very carefully” for Islamic State militants operating outside Sirte as the jihadist group faces defeat in its former North African stronghold, a senior U.S. Department of State official told Reuters.
Libyan forces have been battling Islamic State in Sirte for more than six months and have reduced the amount of ground held by its fighters to a small cluster of buildings near the city’s Mediterranean sea front.
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Source: reuters.com

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Security and Risk Report 06/12/23
MAST’s security report issue 384 is available to read now. In the UK, a number of people have appeared in court on terrorism-related charges. UK