New York Times Reporter Shocked By The Surge Of ISIS In Libya

Business Insider: 'Shocked and alarmed': New York Times reporter back from Libya describes the ISIS surge there

While Western nations focus on taking ISIS out in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group's influence in Libya is rising as it works to build a potential "backup capital" if its stronghold in Raqqa, Syria, falls.

A New York Times reporter who recently returned from covering ISIS — aka the Islamic State and ISIL — in Sirte, a coastal city in northern Libya, told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday that he was "shocked and alarmed" at how much ISIS has grown there.

"I have to say I was personally shocked and alarmed at what I found on this last visit," Times reporter David Kirkpatrick told Hewitt.

WNU Editor: Because of its proximity to Europe, I would not be shocked if in the coming months air-strikes will be launched against this ISIS stronghold.