CAIRO: A joint force of U.S.-Libyan army raided an al Qaeda site in Ubari, a Libyan city, agencies have said.

Spokesperson for Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Presidency Council, said that a site with a number of al Qaeda members in Ubari has been raided. He, however, gave no details.

The joint work between the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord and the US Government, according to Spokesperson Mohamed El Sallak, coincided with the meeting of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Mohamed Sayala at the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State meeting last week. (Agencies)