US has stepped up its air raids against the Islamic States terrorists in the Libyan held city of Sirte.
According to US military’s Africa Command – AFRICOM, the air campaigns have been in the last four days.
An update released by AFRICOM on the bombing campaigns on 11, October, at least 163 Islamic State targets were hit in 51 air strikes carried out between 7 and 10 October.
This brought the total number of airstrikes up to 261 since the US started its air raids against the Middle-based Islamic State in Libya on 1 August.
AFRICOM described all the targets apart from two on a command post and resupply points as "fighting positions". As many as 10 fighting positions were hit in each airstrike, according to the AFRICOM figures, and the operational tempo peaked on 9 October, when 51 targets were hit in 21 airstrikes.
