Alwaght- A top commander of the ISIS terrorist group in Sabratha, Libya has been arrested, the Interior Ministry announced.
His close aides, Salem al-Omari, nicknamed Abou Zeid, and Ahmad Dahim, nicknamed Abou Hamza al-Tajouri, were also captured during the operation.
ISIS terrorists in Libya had earlier occupied Sabratha for several hours before being chased by Fajr Libya. Moreover, clashes broke out on Thursday in two areas west of Sabratha between ISIS terrorists and forces loyal to the Tripoli government.
The United Nations says all sides to the conflict in Libya have committed acts that amount to war crimes as well as other rights abuses over the past two years. The Takfiri terrorist group seized the city of Sirte, 450 kilometers east of Tripoli in 2015 and later installed its base in the area.
Meanwhile on Thursday, a UN human rights investigation team cited evidence of executions of captives, assassinations of prominent female activists, widespread torture, sexual crimes, abductions, indiscriminate military attacks on civilian areas, and abuse of children in Libya between 2014 and 2015.
Two weeks ago Libya's Presidential Council named a unity government which now waits internationally-recognized parliament to vote on the line-up. The vote has been postponed twice due to disagreements.
The UN plan under which the unity government has been named was designed assist Libya stabilize and tackle a growing threat from ISIS terrorist groups. The accord that was signed in Morocco in December, but has been opposed by hard-liners on both sides from the start and suffered repeated delays.
Libya plunged into conflict soon after the uprising that toppled Dictator Muammar Gaddafi five years ago. Since 2014, the North African state has had two competing governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in the east, both of which are backed by loose alliances of militants.
Amid the chaos, ISIS Takfiri terrorists have gradually extended their presence, taking over the city of Sirte while wreaking havoc in the capital, Tripoli. ISIS terrorist group members are reportedly relocating to Libya following the success of intensified Russian airstrikes in Syria and progress made by Iraqi forces against the Takfiri group in the country.
