ISIS Numbers Increasing in Libya, GOP Wants Action

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Libya enters 2016 fray

By Rebecca Kheel

Republicans are pushing the Obama administration to expand the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to Libya, where the number of jihadists has doubled in the last year.

Estimates place the number of ISIS fighters in Libya between 5,000 and 6,500, up from 2,000 to 3,000 last year.

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