ISIS’ Grip on Libyan City Gives It a Fallback Option

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, BEN HUBBARD and ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World http://ift.tt/1IqUjPv
via IFTTT The leadership of the Islamic State is now clenching its grip on Surt so tightly that Western intelligence agencies say they fear the core group may be preparing to fall back to Libya as an alternative base if necessary.