利比亚西部遭空袭40人丧生

An airstrike in western Libya near the country's border with Tunisia killed at least 40 people early Friday, according to local officials.

The strike destroyed a building in the town of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, in a region known to have an Islamic State presence.

The New York Times reported that U.S. warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Sabratha early Friday, killing more than 30 recruits.

The paper quoted a Western official as saying the target was a "senior Tunisian operative" linked to two major terrorist attacks in Tunisia last year.

A Pentagon spokesperson told VOA he is aware of the report, and is checking into it, but said he has "no info to pass along at this time."