At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 25, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

November 26, 2016

• Three enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

November 27, 2016

• Six enemy fighting positions
• Five enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 455.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 22, 2016

• Six enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Five enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

November 23, 2016

• [Correction to report data released Nov. 23.]
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions

November 24, 2016

• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 430.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 22, 2016

• Six enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Five enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 420.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.

* See November 22nd – 24th release (below) for amended number of strikes on November 22nd.

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 21, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Five enemy fighting positions
• Nine enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Nine enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 411.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.

U.S. airstrikes in support of GNA: Nov. 18-19

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 18, 2016

• One enemy fighting position

November 19, 2016

• One enemy fighting position
• One enemy fighting position
• One enemy fighting position
• One enemy fighting position
• One enemy fighting position
• One enemy fighting position

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 398.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2015 — The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Libya yesterday against an Iraqi national who was a longtime al-Qaida operative and the senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader in Libya, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said today.

In a statement, Cook said the strike targeted Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi. Reporting suggests Nabil may have been the spokesman in ISIL’s February Coptic Christian execution video, the press secretary added.

“Nabil’s death will degrade ISIL’s ability to meet the group’s objectives in Libya,” he said, “including recruiting new ISIL members, establishing bases in Libya, and planning external attacks on the United States.”

While this was not the first U.S. strike against terrorists in Libya, this is the first U.S. strike against an ISIL leader in Libya, and it demonstrates that the United States will go after ISIL leaders wherever they operate, Cook said.

The press secretary added that this operation was authorized and initiated before the terrorist attack in Paris took place.

Additional statement:

December 7th 2015: The Department of Defense has confirmed that Abu Nabil, aka Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi national who was a longtime al Qaeda operative and the senior ISIL leader in Libya, is dead as a result of a U.S. military airstrike in Libya undertaken on Nov. 13.

While not the first U.S. strike against terrorists in Libya, this was the first U.S. strike against an ISIL leader in Libya and it demonstrates we will go after ISIL leaders wherever they operate.

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 10, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• One vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions

November 11, 2016

• One vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
• One vehicle-borne improvised explosive device

November 12, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• One enemy fighting position
• Five enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions

November 13, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• Four enemy fighting positions
• Three enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

November 15, 2016

• Two enemy fighting positions
• Two enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 391.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies

At the request of, and in coordination with, the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted precision air strikes against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya. As a result, the following target was struck by U.S. forces:

November 8, 2016

• Nine enemy fighting positions

This airstrike brings the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning, which began Aug. 1, to 368.

The U.S. stands with the international community in supporting the GNA as it strives to restore stability and security to Libya.

These actions, and those we have taken previously, will help deny Daesh a safe haven in Libya from which it could attack the United States and our allies.