France, Italy see need to stop IS in Libya

World powers need to step up efforts to stop Islamic State gaining ground in Libya while keeping up the fight against the group in Syria and Iraq, France and Italy said yesterday. French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who met in Paris, expressed concern that instability in the North African country […]

World powers need to step up efforts to stop Islamic State gaining ground in Libya while keeping up the fight against the group in Syria and Iraq, France and Italy said yesterday.
French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who met in Paris, expressed concern that instability in the North African country was providing fertile soil for IS to flourish, with Renzi warning that Libya risked becoming “the next emergency”.
France is pushing for a coalition of world powers to destroy the militant group following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and Hollande, after meeting Renzi, spoke of the need for a Libyan government of national unity to end anarchy.