Libyans Protest ISIL’s Attacks in Eastern Town

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Thousands of people in Libya had taken to the streets in the eastern city of Benghazi to protest against the ISIL terrorist group's violent attacks in a town east of the North African country.

The protesters condemned the bombings in al-Qubah, located 30 kilometers [20 miles] west of the city of Derna, the ISIL stronghold; they called for an international campaign against ISIL terrorists.
This comes as the ISIL takfiri group claimed responsibility for the triple bomb explosions which claimed the lives of at least 45 people and injured dozens.

The ISIL had been winning a foothold in Libya, far from its battlefields in Iraq and Syria.

One of the simultaneous attacks targeted the police headquarters in al-Qubah.
Furthermore, the bombings targeted the home of the speaker of Libya's internationally recognized parliament, Aguila Salah Issa, and a gas station.

Al-Qubah was controlled by retired General Khalifa Haftar, an autonomous military figure whose loyalists had been instrumental in protecting the internationally recognized government in the violence-wracked North African country.

Friday's bombings in al-Qubah were apparently in revenge for air strikes on ISIL's eastern stronghold of Derna this week.

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Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team