U.S. warplanes have killed up to 40 people in air strikes on an ISIS training camp in Libya, it has been reported.A Western official quoted by the New York Times said U.S. jets targeted a senior ISIS mastermind behind two major jihadist attacks in Tunisia.
Intelligence officials said was 'likely' that Noureddine Chouchane was among those killed.
He is suspected of being behind two Tunisia attacks last year: one at the Bardo Museum that killed 22 people and the other at a beach resort in Sousse in which 38 died.
| NYT version here. The air strikes hit a camp 50 miles west of Tripoli. |