Obama pressed to open military front against Daesh in Libya

US President Barack Obama is being pressed by some of his top national security aides to approve the use of American military power in Libya to open up another front against the Daesh.

According to The New York Times, Obama, wary of embarking on an intervention in another strife-torn country, has told his aides to redouble their efforts to help form a unity government in Libya at the same time the Pentagon refines its options, which include airstrikes, commando raids or advising vetted Libyan militias on the ground, as Special Operations forces are doing now in eastern Syria.

The use of large numbers of American ground troops is not being considered, according to the paper.

The debate, which played out in a meeting Obama had with his advisers last week, has not yet been resolved, nor have the size or contours of any possible American military involvement been determined.

Source: MENA