▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Operation ▁End uring ▁Fre edom ▁– ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa ▁ ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁S AS ▁and ▁the ▁SR R ▁were ▁deployed ▁to ▁Dj ib out i ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Com b ined ▁J oint ▁Task ▁Force ▁– ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa ▁to ▁conduct ing ▁operations ▁against ▁Islam ist ▁terror ists ▁in ▁Som alia ; ▁they ▁have ▁carrying ▁out ▁surve ill ance ▁miss ions ▁of ▁Brit ons ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁trav elling ▁to ▁Som alia ▁for ▁terror ist ▁training ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁also ▁working ▁with ▁US ▁counter parts ▁obser ving ▁and ▁" target ing " ▁local ▁terror ▁suspect s . ▁They ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁carrying ▁out ▁a ▁similar ▁role ▁in ▁Y emen . Lib yan ▁Civil ▁War ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁military ▁inter vention ▁in ▁Lib ya , ▁an ▁early ▁operation ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁E - S quad ron ▁of ▁UK ▁special ▁forces ; ▁consisting ▁of ▁elements ▁from ▁the ▁S AS , ▁S BS ▁and ▁M I 6 . ▁This ▁was ▁to ▁contact ▁the ▁Lib yan ▁re bel ▁and ▁opposition ▁leaders , ▁however ▁the ▁mission ▁was ▁a ▁failure ▁after ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁captured ▁and ▁held ▁prisoner ▁for ▁ 7 2 ▁hours ▁by ▁Lib yan ▁reb els . ▁ ▁Operation ▁Ell amy , ▁a ▁BBC ▁news ▁broadcast ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁Jan ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁S AS ▁had , ▁in ▁fact ▁been ▁re deploy ed ▁to ▁Lib ya ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁British ▁deployment , ▁in ▁a ▁joint ▁operation ▁with