Tag: Sirte

Libya: US Announces Official End of Air Campaign in Sirte

December 21, 2016

The US Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart announced Tuesday that it ceased the air campaign against the Islamic State group (IS) in the Libyan coastal ... Read More

Libya: Sirte is ISIS-Free but Terrorism War Unfinished, PM Serraj

December 19, 2016

Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj has officially announced “the end of military operations” against the Islamic State ... Read More

Tunisia: Online Groups Call for National Front against Jihadists’ Return

December 15, 2016

Two online movements have called for national unification in front of looming return of Tunisian terrorists fighting in the ranks of terrorist organizations abroad. Thousands ... 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

Libya: France Offers Ground to Unite Divided Libyan Political Protagonists

September 29, 2016

France has offered to host next week Libyan political protagonists for talks in order to bridge drifts between UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and ... Read More

Libya: General Haftar Calls US Airpower Interventions Illegal

September 7, 2016

Head of the Libyan National Army backed by the east-based government opposed to the UN-sponsored Libyan unity government has scorned US decisive aerial intervention in ... Read More

Libya: IS Car Bombings Kill Scores of Pro-GNA Fighters

August 19, 2016

Misrata forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday suffered twin car bombings perpetrated by the Islamic State group’s fighters in Sirte. ... Read More

Tunisia: Top IS Commander Wanted by Authorities Arrested in Libya

August 18, 2016

A Tunisian, considered to be the top Islamic State group commander operating from Libya, has been arrested west of Libya by forces loyal to General ... Read More

Libya: After Losing Sirte, Are Jihadists Heading South ?

August 16, 2016

After they were flushed out of their stronghold in Sirte, the majority of Libyan jihadist fighters are feared to be heading south and attempting to ... Read More

Libya: Tripoli Warns Rome against IS-Planned Attacks in Milan

August 15, 2016

Tripoli-based Libyan authorities have warned their Italian counterparts against planned terror attacks by an Islamic State group’s local cell in Milan. The cell is reportedly ... Read More