US forces are bombing Libya again

CAIRO — Libya’s U.N.-backed government says that joint Libyan and U.S. forces have bombed alleged al-Qaida militants in a southern desert town.

Tripoli-based government spokesman Mohammed al-Salak said late Wednesday the bombing took place in the town of Ubari, about 950 kilometers, or 590 miles, south of the capital, Tripoli

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He said that "this joint work coincided with a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Mohamed Sayala at the Global Coalition to Defeat meeting last week" in Washington.

Al-Salak did not elaborate. The U.S. military's Africa Command said it was not involved in the raid.

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