Islam Times - Egyptian army enters Libya to fight ISIS

Islam Times - Egyptian army special forces conducted a land raid on Wednesday morning on the Libyan city of Derna, in Cyrenaica, an ISIS stronghold.

According to Libyan media reports, Egyptian army commandos killed dozens of ISIS militants, captured 55 of them, and destroyed the Abu Karim al Wahadi barracks.These barracks had already been hit by air raids on Monday. Egyptian and Saudi media reported on Tuesday that Cairo was preparing a ground attack with Task Force 999, a special unit for international operations. In the meantime, Islamist militants from Misrata are besieging but have not yet conquered the port city of Sirte, whose main government buildings and power stations were occupied by ISIS last week.

Then in another development Libyan Prime Minister, Abdullah al Thani, in an interview with Tunisian radio "Express FM", said that Islamic State and Boko Haram militants were heading to the border with Tunisia. According to the Libyan leader recognised by the international community, these two groups of terrorists are about to join with armed groups already in Libya