The number of fighters from Daesh militants in Libya has doubled as tougher border controls and a coordinated air strike campaign take their toll on the group’s numbers in Syria, according to US intelligence estimates, the Newsweek reported.

The radical Islamist group is now believed to have up to 6,500 militants in the North African State, double previous estimates, according to US intelligence assessments.

The country has teetered on the brink of becoming a failed State on the Mediterranean ever since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Source: MENA