US launches strikes on IS in Libya

The United States has carried out air strikes on positions of so-called Islamic State in Libya, following a request by the UN-backed government there, the Pentagon says.

The strikes targeted positions in the port city of Sirte, an IS stronghold.
Libyan PM Fayez al-Sarraj, in a televised address, said the strikes caused “heavy losses”.
Western powers have become increasingly concerned at Islamic State’s growing presence in Libya.
The air strikes are the first such US military intervention co-ordinated with the Libyan unity government.
Source: BBC News