Panicked ISIS moves headquarters to Libya

29.05.2020 08:41

Militants for the sick terror group have established a global base in Sirte - the former home of Colonel Gaddafi, just a few hours across the Mediterranean from Italy.

UK and American forces have been deployed to Libya after a 200km stretch of the coast was seized by the evil jihadis.

The barbaric group has been running training camps for international extremists from Sirte after coalition forces pounded its Syrian stronghold Raqqa.

The branch in the Libyan coastal city - which has evolved into an "actively managed colony" - is the only arm of ISIS its central leadership controls.

Leaders of the twisted terror group have reportedly adopted a slogan reflecting Sirte's heightened profile within the savage organisation: "Sirte will be no less than Raqqa."

The new stronghold has reportedly seen a rapid growth - rocketing from 200 fighters to around 5,000 since ISIS announced its branch.

There are fears the brutal extremists are using Libya's rich oil resources to finance its evil operations in Syria and Iraq.

Fathi Ali Bashaagha, a politician from Misrata, Libya, warned: "We don't have a real state. We have a fragmented government. Every day we delay on a political deal, it is a golden opportunity for Islamic State to grow."

ISIS is also said to have set up propaganda "media points" in the city and have even started imposing its strict laws - such as forcing women to wear Islamic veils in public and permitting public executions.

The group has even stopped insisting Muslims travel to Syria to join its caliphate and is instead suggesting recruits go to Libya instead.

A civil engineer who recently fled the city said: "Sirte has gone dark."

(dailystar.co.uk)

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