Coalition faces growing IS threat in Libya and at home

The United States and Italy warned Tuesday that the Islamic State group is expanding its reach, threatening to seize Libya and launch attacks in western countries, reports AFP.
Representatives from the 23 countries of the US-led coalition battling the jihadists' self-declared "caliphate" gathered in Rome to assess and renew their efforts. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and US Secretary of State John Kerry told their allies that, since their meeting six months ago, the IS group had suffered setbacks in its core territory in Syria and Iraq.
But the hosts warned that the group is adapting to the pressure on its heartland and is redirecting efforts to Libya, where it has seized new territory, and to attacks like those in Paris, Ankara and San Bernadino, California.

 

Coalition faces growing IS threat in Libya and at home

The United States and Italy warned Tuesday that the Islamic State group is expanding its reach, threatening to seize Libya and launch attacks in western countries, reports AFP. Representatives from the 23 countries of the US-led coalition battling the jihadists self-declared caliphate gathered in Rome to assess and renew their efforts. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and US Secretary of State John Kerry told their allies that, since their meeting six months ago, the IS group had suffered setbacks in its core territory in Syria and Iraq. But the hosts warned that the group is adapting to the pressure on its heartland and is redirecting efforts to Libya, where it has seized new territory, and to attacks like those in Paris, Ankara and San Bernadino, California.