Tag: Libya

Tunisia Denies Housing a Secret US Military Base

October 28, 2016

Tunisia has denied reports that it is one of the countries allowing the US army to secretly use one of its military bases to carry ... Read More

Fears Rising Mosul Offensive Would Drive Moroccan Jihadists Back Home

October 19, 2016

International security experts have sounded the alarm that the foreign fighters enrolled in the Islamic State group in Iraq, including around 2,500 Moroccans, may be ... Read More

Libya: Italian Mafia Sells Arms to IS for Stolen Antiquities

October 18, 2016

An investigation run by Italian media La Stampa reveals that Italian criminal gangs have been meddling with the Islamic State group (IS) to which they ... Read More

Tunisia: Three IS Propagandists Pinned down

October 18, 2016

Tunisian security forces have netted three young Tunisians suspected of promoting the Islamic state group (IS) on the island of Djerba visited by thousands of ... Read More

Tunisia: British Military Batch to Train Local Forces

October 17, 2016

A new batch of 40 British forces have been deployed to Tunisia to train local forces in countering the spill of Islamic State group fighters ... Read More

Libya: IS Loses Last Hideout in Sirte

October 10, 2016

Misrata forces loyal of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord have broken the Islamic State’s last resistance position in the terrorist group’s stronghold of Sirte, reports ... Read More

Libya: GNA Turns Down EU’s Proposal to Build Migrant Camp on Libyan Soil

October 7, 2016

Libya’s UN-backed unity government Thursday rejected the European Union call for the creation of a migrant camp in Libya in a move to curb and ... Read More

Libya: Terrorists-Launched Shells kill Several Civilians in Benghazi

October 5, 2016

Shells launched from a rebel-held position on a residential area in Benghazi on Tuesday killed several people, a military spokesman loyal to Khalifa Hafter told ... Read More

Libya: Clinton’s Grudge against Gaddafi Slid Country into Chaos, US Peace Activist

October 4, 2016

US Presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State has been blamed for chaos in Libya after she opposed, for personal reasons, a peace deal signed ... Read More

Threat of Starvation Looms in Benghazi as Fighting Intensifies

October 4, 2016

Hundreds of civilians currently trapped by fighting in Benghazi are facing the threat of starvation, Amnesty International warned. The stranded civilians could die from lack ... Read More