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U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes against Islamic State-linked militants in western Libya on Friday, killing as many as 40 people in an operation targeting a suspect linked to two deadly attacks last year in neighboring Tunisia.
The air strikes came just days after a warning by President Barack Obama that Washington intended to "take actions where we've got a clear operation and a clear target in mind".
"And we are working with our coalition partners to make sure that as we see opportunities to prevent ISIS from digging in, in Libya, we take them," Obama said on Tuesday.
Britain said it had authorized the use of its airbases to launch the attack.
“I welcome this strike that has taken out a Daesh training camp being used to train terrorists to carry out attacks," Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said in a statement.
"I was satisfied that its destruction makes us all safer, and I personally authorized the U.S. use of our bases.”
The air strikes came just days after a warning by President Barack Obama that Washington intended to "take actions where we've got a clear operation and a clear target in mind".
"And we are working with our coalition partners to make sure that as we see opportunities to prevent ISIS from digging in, in Libya, we take them," Obama said on Tuesday.
Britain said it had authorized the use of its airbases to launch the attack.
“I welcome this strike that has taken out a Daesh training camp being used to train terrorists to carry out attacks," Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said in a statement.
"I was satisfied that its destruction makes us all safer, and I personally authorized the U.S. use of our bases.”
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