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LIBYA ARMY CAPTURES NOTORIOUS ISIS COMMANDER ABU OMAR

The Libyan National Army on Sunday announced the arrest of top ISIS commander Mohammed Mailoud Mohammed popularly known as Abu Omar.


Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, the spokesperson for the Libyan Army described the arrest of Omar who was arrested in Ubari, South Libya as a major win for the LNA in its war against terrorism. 


Abu Omar's operations were focused in Libya and the Sahel regions including Nigeria through the Islamic State in West Africa, a splinter of Boko Haram. 

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He was also known to have a strong relationship with Abu Moaz al-Iraqi, the ISIS leader killed by LNA forces in the City of Sebha in September 2020.

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