U.S. anti-IS airstrikes kill at least 40 in Libya![]() February 19, 2016 - 17:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An air strike by an unidentified warplane Friday, February 19 killed more than 40 people near the Libyan capital where suspected members of the Islamic State group were gathered in a house, officials said, according to AFP. The house in Sabratha was completely destroyed in the raid, said Hussein al-Dawadi, an official in the city located about 70 kilometres west of Tripoli near the border with Tunisia. A Western official quoted by the New York Times said U.S. warplanes carried out the strike targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major jihadist attacks in Tunisia last year. Related links: Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |