US Hits ISIS Camps In Libya With Precision Airstrikes, Killing 17

Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government patrol to prevent Islamic State resurgence on the outskirts of Sirte, Libya, Aug. 4, 2017. Reuters/Ismail Zitouny

United States forces carried out six precision air strikes against an ISIS desert camp in Libya on Friday, Sept. 22, killing 17 ISIS militants and destroying three of their vehicles.

The strikes, which were not announced until Monday, were the first the United States had carried out in the North African country since Donald Trump assumed the presidency.