Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council Explained
The Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council was a Libyan military coalition in Ajdabiya which was declared on 25 March 2015.[2] On 15 December 2015, despite protests from the Mayor of Ajdabiya,[3] the Libyan National Army began an offensive on Ajdabiya,[4] [5] which resulted in the defeat of the Shura Council on 21 February 2016.[6] The group has denied any ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[7]
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