Islamic State expands in Libya, putting Misrata’s fighters on the defensive
MISRATA, Libya — Benefiting from Libya’s political chaos, Islamic State militants are consolidating their base in the city of Sirte and grabbing new territory, pushing back fighters from Misrata....
View ArticleChaos in Libya paving way for Islamic State expansion
MISRATA, Libya (Tribune News Service) — Benefiting from Libya’s political chaos, Islamic State militants are consolidating their base in the city of Sirte and grabbing new territory, pushing back...
View ArticleLibyan groups vow to crush Islamic State affiliate, but tangled militant ties...
A coalition of Islamist militias in the Libyan city of Darnah has vowed to eliminate a local unit of the Islamic State group, testing its strength and emphasizing the deep divisions among the country's...
View ArticleLibyans Weary of the Country’s Divisions
Jamie Dettmer TRIPOLI— Libyans say they are tired of the country’s divisions and the rivalry between competing governments in Tripoli and Tobruk. But politicians are in fear of the armed militias on...
View ArticleLibyans Weary of Country’s Divisions
Jamie Dettmer TRIPOLI— Libyans say they are tired of the country’s divisions and the rivalry between competing governments in Tripoli and Tobruk. But politicians are in fear of the armed militias on...
View ArticleUp to 19 die in Islamic State fighting in Libya
SIRTE, Libya (Tribune News Service) -- Fierce fighting broke out Saturday between Islamic State militants and a Libyan militia in what may mark the beginning of a battle to push the radical jihadis...
View ArticleIslamic State bombers kill dozens in Libyan suicide attacks
Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40 people in what the group said was retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes against the extremists' aggressive...
View ArticleIslamic State fighting in Libya’s Sirte claims at leasts 19 lives
Fierce fighting broke out Saturday between Islamic State militants and a Libyan militia that may mark the beginning of a battle to push the radical jihadis from this oil-rich North African nation. As...
View ArticleLibya Groups Vow to Crush Unit of ISIS
A coalition of Islamist militias has vowed to eliminate a local unit of the Islamic State, testing its strength and emphasizing the deep divisions among the country’s Islamist forces....
View ArticleIslamic State militants find a foothold in chaotic Libya to get closer to Europe
Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years, has succeeded in one way: It's providing a perfect opportunity for the Islamic State group to expand from Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic...
View ArticleIslamic State militants find a foothold in chaotic Libya
Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years, has succeeded in one way: It's providing a perfect opportunity for the Islamic State group to expand from Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic...
View ArticleLibyan militias’ conundrum: Fight IS or one another?
More than two weeks ago, Libya’s powerful Misrata militia was gathering forces outside the city of Sirte for what its fighters said would soon be an offensive to eject a few hundred Islamic State...
View ArticleIslamic State affiliate in Libya takes civilian airport
May 29: Libya's Islamic State affiliate took control of a civilian air base in the central city of Sirte, a militia spokesman and an IS statement said, in the latest gains by the extremist group...
View ArticleIslamic State affiliate in Libya takes control of civilian airport
Libya's Islamic State affiliate took control of a civilian air base in the central city of Sirte, a militia spokesman and an IS statement said, in the latest gains by the extremist group exploiting...
View ArticleGaddafi's home town Sirte falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya
Libya: Standing guard at his frontline post, Libyan soldier Mohammed Abu Shager can see where Islamic State militants are holed up with their heavy weaponry less than a kilometre away. The militants...
View ArticleLibyan militias’ conundrum: Fight Islamic State or one another?
MISRATA, Libya — More than two weeks ago, Libya’s powerful Misrata militia was gathering forces outside the city of Sirte for what its fighters said would soon be an offensive to eject a few hundred...
View ArticleGaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya
By Ulf Laessing SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Standing guard at his frontline post, Libyan soldier Mohammed Abu Shager can see where Islamic State militants are holed up with their heavy weaponry less than...
View ArticleBlack flag of the Islamic State rises on the Libyan coast
BUGHREIN, Libya — At first, the Islamic State fighters confined themselves to charity work, holding contests for Koranic recitation and distributing money to help locals marry. In the initial months...
View ArticleIslamic State Launches Attack on Libyan Airport
Jamie Dettmer Militants loyal to the extremist Islamic State group managed to penetrate an air base Friday on the outskirts of Tripoli that serves as the Libyan capital’s only working airport and...
View ArticleLibya talks endangered as Islamic State group advances
U.N.-brokered negotiations aimed at stemming Libya's collapse into a failed state threatened to fall apart after the country's internationally recognized parliament on Tuesday dropped out of the talks...
View ArticleLibyan armed groups deployed in divided nation
Tripoli (AFP) - Armed factions, including the jihadist Islamic State group, are deployed across divided Libya, gripped by chaos and insecurity since the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime dictator...
View ArticleBlack flag of Islamic State militant group rises on Libyan coast
BUGHREIN, Libya — At first, the Islamic State fighters confined themselves to charity work, holding contests for Koranic recitation and distributing money to help locals marry. In the initial months...
View ArticleGetting closer: Islamic State tightens grip on Libyan stronghold of Sirte
Even as foreign powers step up pressure against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the militant group has expanded in Libya and established a new base close to Europe where it can generate oil revenue...
View ArticleIslamic State tightens grip on Libyan stronghold of Sirte
Even as foreign powers step up pressure against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the militant group has expanded in Libya and established a new base close to Europe where it can generate oil revenue...
View ArticleLibyan militias' conundrum: Fight Islamic State or one another?
MISRATA, Libya (Tribune Content Agency) — More than two weeks ago, Libya’s powerful Misrata militia was gathering forces outside the city of Sirte for what its fighters said would soon be an offensive...
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