Islamic State training camp takes direct hit, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON (AP) — American jets struck an Islamic State training camp in rural Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, killing dozens, probably including an operative considered responsible for deadly attacks in Tunisia last year, U.S. and local officials said. The strike did not appear to mark the beginning of a sustained U.S. campaign in Libya but a Pentagon spokesman said "it may not be the last."

The spokesman, Peter Cook, said the U.S. is determined to stop the Islamic State from "gaining traction" in Libya. Cook said the training camp was "relatively new," and that the U.S. has identified similar Islamic State training camps elsewhere in Libya, suggesting potential future strikes in defense of regional and U.S. national security interests.