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AL meets on IS attacks in Libya

Xinhua, August 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) held on Tuesday an emergency meeting on Islamic State (IS) crimes in Libya, official MENA news agency reported.

Bishr Khasawneh, Jordan's permanent representative to the AL said that the meeting was held under the request of Libya who demanded air strikes by Arab states to confront IS attacks in Libya within the framework of the Joint Defense and Economic Cooperation of the League of Arab States.

Violent clashes were reported last week between IS militants and local fighters over control of the city of Sirte. The IS-linked group has beheaded 12 people and crucified their bodies during the clashes.

The Libyan government condemned the "massacre" in the Sirte city, the majority of which fell into the militants' control at the end of May.

Libya has been suffering a turmoil since the fall and killing of its former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country is plagued with escalating violence and similar attacks. Endit