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US-Libya forces raid al Qaeda site in Libyan city of Ubari

A view shows Sharara oil field near Ubari, Libya, July 6, 2017. 

Joint US-Libyan forces raided an al Qaeda site in the Libyan city of Ubari on Wednesday, according to a statement by a Libyan official.

The spokesperson for Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Presidency Council of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord of Libya, said in a statement late on Wednesday that a site with a number of al Qaeda members in Ubari was “raided” but gave no details.

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