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Libyan Court Sentences 23 ISIS Members to Death for 2015 Terror Campaign

  • A Libyan court sentenced 23 suspected ISIS members to death for attacks during the group's terror campaign in 2015.
  • The campaign included beheadings of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte.
  • other militants were sentenced to life in prison for the same charges while 9 received prison sentences between 3 to 12 years.
  • suspects were acquitted and 3 others died before trial.
  • ISIS's Libyan branch was one of the group's strongest outside Iraq and Syria, seizing Sirte and enforcing harsh punishments until late 2016.
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