„U.S. forces were not involved in any operations regarding Ansar Al Sharia leader Abou Iyadh today in Libya,“ a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command said.

Tunisia‘s state news agency TAP said that U.S. and Libyan forces captured Saifallah Benahssine, the leader of Tunisia‘s Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia and a veteran of Afghanistan who is also known as Abu Iyad, in the Libyan city of Misrata on Monday.