U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes Friday that targeted an ISIS base and a senior militant believed to be behind two deadly attacks against Western tourists in Tunisia last year.
The air strikes was targeted at Noureddine Chouchane, believed to be behind two deadly attacks against Western tourists in Tunisia last year, as the number of ISIS terrorists in Libya hits an estimated 5,000.
It was the second U.S. air strike in three months against Islamic State in Libya, where the hardline Islamist militants have exploited years of chaos following Muammar Gaddafi's 2011 overthrow to build up a presence on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
He said 41 people had been killed and six wounded. The death toll could not immediately be confirmed with other officials.
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