UK May Send 1,000 Troops To Libya, MPs Claim

One thousand British ground troops could be deployed to conflict-hit Libya as part of an international force of 6,000, a group of MPs have been told. It said it had been told the force would train the Libyan army and provide security for the government. Libya's newly-formed UN-backed Government of National Accord, currently based in Tunisia's capital Tunis, is also set to request airstrikes against Islamic State targets, according to the MPs.