U.S. and Libyan forces captured Saifallah Benahssine, the leader of Tunisia’s Islamist militant staff Ansar al-Sharia, within the Libyan metropolis of Misrata on Monday, Tunisia’s state information company TAP said, citing a security supply. The U.S. embassy in Libya and Libyan government officers didn’t right away reply to a request for affirmation of the arrest of Benahssine, sometimes called Abu Iyadh. However the capture of corresponding to excessive-ranking Tunisian Islamist militant in Libya would point out close ties among Islamist groups across North Africa.