Islamic 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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