U.S. Warplanes Strike Islamic State Training Base in Libya
John J. Xenakis
Operation Sophia, named after a baby born on a German frigate to a rescued Somali woman in August, was launched in October of last year as one of the European Union’s measures to slow the tidal wave of refugees crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.
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