ISIS amassing an army on Europe's border?

  • 8 years ago
There is an increasing risk of  Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State , even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defense minister warned in comments published Sunday. "We see foreign jihadists arriving in the region of Syrte who, if our operations in Syria and Iraq succeed in reducing the territorial reach of Daesh could tomorrow be more numerous," defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the Jeune Afrique weekly. Recognizing ISIS's  increasing Libyan reach, Le Drian said he feared that ultimately the group could form one half of a double-edged jihadist challenge in conjunction with Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to their fellow Islamic extremists in March and which has been bringing terror to Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.