The airstrike targeted a building in the city of Sabratha which was believed to be a recruiting and training camp for terrorists. Tunisian terrorist Noureddine Chouchane was believed to have died in the strike.
The government of Kuwait has identified the suspect in the country's worst terrorist attack as a citizen of Saudi Arabia.
The prime minister of Tunisia promised stiff new security and anti-terrorism measures as the country reels from the second devastating attack on its crucial tourism industry in three months.
It appears as if the Islamic State's call to carry out acts of terrorism is being heeded as three nations on three continents suffered vicious attacks.
Tunisia, long neglected by US foreign policy despite being the only country to emerge from the Arab Spring with a functional, democratic government, is set to get a major boost from a number of US initiatives.
Detainees recently released from Guantanamo Bay and settled in Uruguay seem to be wearing out their welcome by constantly airing grievances against the Uruguayan state that many feel are unwarranted.
The United States has announced plans to help Tunisia, the only country to have come out of the Arab Spring with a functioning democracy.
