Tunisia on alert after reports of Baghdadi's presence in Libya

Last Update: 2019-05-31 00:00:00 - Source: Baghdad Post

Tunisia has tightened security at its southern border after receiving information from the US-lead global coalition claiming that the leader of ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in Libya.

According to Jeune Afrique, the Tunisian authorities took seriously the information of the global coalition, and has taken additional security measures at the border.

UK's Daily Express newspaper reported on May 13 that Britain and other Western countries are looking for Baghdadi in Libya.

"Intelligence about Baghdadi's whereabouts came from a reliable source, but it has to be verified," a British military source was quoted as saying.