British Special Forces ambushed by ISIS in Libya

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Reports by an Israeli website has disclosed that British Special Forces troops have been ambushed in Libya by ISIS militants.

Last Wednesday, April 27, The assault on the British Special Forces killed or wounded Italian troops traveling in a convoy with the Special Boat Service (SBS) personnel, who apparently escaped uninjured.

“Vehicles packed with explosives drew up alongside the convoy transporting the Italian and British troops and blew themselves up,” reported the Debka news website. “Other ISIS fighters shelled the convoy with mortars and strafed it with heavy machine gun fire. The Western force was only able to escape after Italian and French warplanes and attack helicopters intervened.”

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