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Interior Minister Fathi Pashagha, on Friday, discussed with officials from the Pentagon and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ways to develop the capabilities of his ministry’s counterterrorism officials. The American side, according to the official newspaper of the Interior Ministry, is ready to hold several training courses in the …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday met the National Security Council for a debriefing of the airstrike campaign on ISIS in Libya, named Operation Odyssey Lightning, at the Pentagon. Obama and Biden met with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, CIA Director John Brennan …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan unity government in Tripoli (GNA) announced on Monday that the United States launched its first airstrikes on ISIS fighters in Sirte. Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj said an aired speech, “the first American air strikes on precise positions of the Daesh (ISIS) organisation were …