Fighting ISIS in Libya 'big mistake'

(ANSA) - Rome, April 28 - Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni told the Senate on Thursday that trying to step in to fight the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terror group in Libya would be an error. "The different factions in Libya are competing with each other to fight Daesh (ISIS in Arabic)," he said. "Trying to...
    substitute ourselves in their anti-terror activities would be a big mistake. We must encourage this path, even though it is tortuous and uphill". Gentiloni told lawmakers that the foreign policy objective is to enable Libyan authorities to combat and defeat Islamist terrorism in their country.