Tag: Sirte

Libya: US airstrikes kill 17 ISIS fighters near Sirte

September 25, 2017

US African command AFRICOM announced it killed 17 Islamic State group (IS) fighters in six air strikes on terrorist training camps of the group located ... Read More

Libya: Ansar al-Sharia becomes first Libyan extremist group to dissolve

May 29, 2017

Ansar al-Sharia, a group that became famous in 2012 after the US held it responsible for killing its Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens together with ... Read More

Libya’s Serraj to Visit Washington

April 25, 2017

Libyan nominal Prime Minister Faiez Serraj backed by the international community has been invited by President Trump’s administration to visit Washington, few days after Italian ... Read More

Libya: Haftar meets with Senior US army official in Abu Dhabi

April 12, 2017

The Libyan army commander opposed to the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) has met with a senior US military official during his ongoing stay in the ... Read More

Libya: After Russia, Haftar Forces Whisked to Italy for Treatment

March 17, 2017

Italy Thursday flew out of Benghazi injured Libyan forces aligned with Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar known as Russia’s man in the Libyan crisis. Twenty-two fighters ... Read More

Number of Tunisian IS-Affiliated Terrorists in Libya in Sharp Decline, AFRICOM

February 20, 2017

The US Defense Department’s military section for Africa, AFRICOM has told Associated Press (AP) that the number of Tunisian terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State ... Read More

Libya: Khalifa Ghwell-aligned forces launch ‘National Guard’ in Tripoli to protect state institutions

February 10, 2017

Chaos is festering in capital Tripoli as forces aligned with self-style Khalifa Ghwell announced Thursday the creation of the Libyan National Guard (LNG) to protect ... Read More

Maghreb-Sahel: Exodus of IS Fighters from Conflict Zones, UN Warns

February 8, 2017

The United Nations warned Maghreb and Sahel countries of the relocation of Islamic State fighters fleeing defeats in Iraq, Syria and Libya. "There are great ... Read More

Libya: US Airstrikes Kill Dozens IS Militants near Sirte

January 20, 2017

US airpower has carried sorties in Libya near Sirte killing close to 100 militants of the Islamic State group (IS), American defense officials announced. Up ... Read More

Libya: Presidency Council Member Resigns over Failure

January 3, 2017

UN-backed Libyan unity government received a major blow Monday as Musa al-Koni, a deputy Prime Minister of the Presidency Council (PC) left the boat citing ... Read More