An armed motorcade belonging to members of Derna's Islamic Youth Council, consisting of former members of militias from the town of Derna, drive along a road in Derna, eastern Libya in October 2014(Reuters)
IBTimes: Libya: Egyptian troops launch ground attack in Isis-held Derna 'capturing 55 militants'
Egyptian special forces have allegedly launched a ground attack in Libya's Islamic State-held Derna capturing dozens of Islamist militants, according to Egyptian and Libyan reports.
Ansa news agency cited unnamed local sources as saying that an Egyptian commando stormed the eastern Libyan town, a stronghold of the Islamic State (Isis) there, "capturing 55 Daesh [IS] militants".
The Libyan National Army wrote on its Facebook page that Egyptian forces in coordination with the local army stormed IS camp in Derna, "killing a large number of IS militants and capturing several terrorists including Egyptians, foreigners and Arabs".
Update: Libya_ISIS News : Egyptian Special Forces launch ground attack in Isis-held Derna 'capturing 55 militants' -- LIVE Leak
WNU Editor: I suspect that there are going to be more Egyptian ground attacks in the near future.
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