USA - U.S. Special Forces captured Ahmed Abu Khattala in a covert mission in Libya.

U.S. Special Forces captured Ahmed Abu Khattala (born c. 1971) in a covert mission in Libya. Now he is being interrogated on a US navy ship in the Mediterranean before his transfer to the US to stand trial. Khattala is one of the suspected leaders of the September 11, 2012 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi , in which the American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. In a December 2013 investigation of the attack, the New York Times described him as a central figure in Ansar al-Shariah, a group who had broken away from the other militias in 2012 in protest of those militia's support for parliamentary elections in Libya.. Abu Khattala denies killing the Americans or being part of the attack. Witnesses of the attack say they saw him leading the attack. On 6 August 2013, U.S. officials confirmed that Abu Khattala had been charged with playing a significant role in the attack. According to NBC, the charges were filed under seal in Washington, DC in late July 2013. The Huffington Post reported that “Officials have not disclosed where Abu Khattala is being held, but they said he was "en route" to the United States, where he is expected to be arraigned in Washington. It is not clear whether he will be brought to American soil or rather to Guantanamo Bay. The Libyan government's demand that Ahmed Abu Khattalah be returned to their country.