IS militants find foothold amid Libya chaos

Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years, is providing an opportunity for the so-called Islamic State to expand from its stronghold in Syria and Iraq to establish a foothold closer to European shores, just 300km away
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Zuwara

TUNISIA

ALGERIA

Sabratha

Zintan

NIGER

Sicily (ITALY)

MALTA

Tripoli: Seat of provisional governmentestablished by Libya Dawn. Islamic State militants now infiltrating capital

Misurata

Sirte

Nofilia

Sidra

Ras Lanuf

Marsa al-Brega

Benghazi

Ajdabiya

Bayda

GREECE

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Crete

Derna

Tobruk: Centre of elected,Western-backed governmentand remnants of military led by General Khalifa Hifter

Oil and gas fields and pipelines

EGYPT

SAHARA DESERT

Sabha

LIBYA

CHAD

300km 185 miles

Internationally-recognised government

Toubou militia

Tuareg militia

Libya Dawn militiaalliance (Islamist)

Ansar al-Sharia (Islamist militia)

Islamic State and allies

Other jihadist groups
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Sources: BBC, wire agencies

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