The Italian government in
January agreed to let armed American drones take off from a base
on its territory for military operations against the so-called
Islamic State (ISIS) fundamentalist militia in Libya and across
North Africa, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The deal came after over a year of negotiations, the US
financial paper said.
The green light arrived from Rome on the condition that the
drones be used only "for purposes of defence, to protect US
special forces operations in Libya," the paper reported.
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