Reports: IS members named in papers found in Libya

  • 2/5/2023
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Cairo, Dhu-AlQa'dah 10, 1437, Aug 13, 2016, SPA -- Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government found documents containing the names of some leaders and members of IS when they liberated the city of Sirte, reports in the Libyan and Italian media said Saturday, citing unnamed military officials, dpa reported. The soldiers found the handwritten and partially fire-damaged notes and papers inside the militant organization's recaptured headquarters in the central city, the Libyan news website Alwasat and Italy's Corriere della Sera reported. On Monday, pro-government forces said they had captured the Ouagadougou conference halls complex, IS command centre in Sirte. The Libyans are willing to pass on the names to the Italian authorities, the Corriere reported. The documents, which are also believed to include job descriptions for IS's leaders, are currently being assembled and deciphered, it said. The list of names includes Hassan and Mohammed al-Karami, previously linked to the self-styled Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shura Council, which is active in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Alwasat alleged. There were also plans for attacks among the documents, the Italian paper said. Dozens, possibly hundreds, of militant IS supporters are now heading for Europe via Italy, the newspaper claimed, many using the people-trafficking boat routes across the Mediterranean. Some IS supporters are already in the Milan area, according to the paper. -- SPA 19:37 LOCAL TIME 16:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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