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Obama Appears at Pentagon to Discuss Strategy for Countering ISIS

In Libya, the government and its network of loosely affiliated militias struggle to defeat the Islamic State while at the same time working to build a functioning Libyan state.

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By Frederic Wehrey
Published on Aug 4, 2016

Source: PBS' NewsHour

Speaking with NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill, Carnegie’s Frederic Wehrey discusses the battle to reclaim Sirte from the Islamic State. 

This interview was orignally aired on PBS' NewsHour.

About the Author

Frederic Wehrey

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on governance, conflict, and security in Libya, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf.

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