Islamic State militants kill 10 pro-Tripoli fighters in central Libya
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Ten fighters loyal to the self-proclaimed government that controls Tripoli were killed by Islamic State militants in central Libya on Wednesday, as the Islamists spread their reach in the divided country.
Islamist militants in Libya who have allied themselves to the Islamic State group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria had until recently been mostly active in the east, where the internationally recognized government is now based.
But in recent weeks they have expanded westwards to the city of Sirte, taking government buildings, a hospital and the university, posing a challenge to the Tripoli-based government and its allied factions which have engaged them in battle.
"A number of our hero army members were assassinated this morning by the Islamic State in the Nawfaliyah area," said Osama Abu Naji, a senior official in the Tripoli-based government, referring to a town southeast of Sirte.
