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Defence & Security News - UK and Libya
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According to The New Indian Express, Britain has discreetly deployed military advisers to Libya in order to build an army to fight Islamic State group in the country, has been told.
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Special forces commandos are said to be working alongside their US counterparts in the city of Misrata to stop the jihadists’ progress in the lawless terrain across the sea from Italy. Even as diplomats in Washington, London and European capitals push for the formation of a unity government in Libya, US military operatives have begun “giving tactical training” to select local militias, sources said.
Meanwhile, armed forces from 20 countries have begun manoeuvres in northeastern Saudi Arabia that the official described as one of the world’s biggest military exercises. Troops from Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Sudan are among those participating in the “Thunder of the North” exercise, which involves ground, air and naval forces. |
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