First Independent Mena Newspaper
Pro-unity government forces Thursday announced eminent liberation of Sirte a day after they took control of the Islamic State group’s headquarters in the coastal city. “We are preparing to announce the total liberation of Sirte in the next two days at the most,” sources from the Misrata militia, fighting under the unity government, said. “Sirte […]
Libyan Forces battling the Islamic State in Libya claimed today to have captured the headquarters of the terrorist group in the coastal city of Sirte following a military campaign that started in June. A spokesman in the Forces media office, Rida Issa, said the Libyan forces took control of a compound used by the terrorist […]
US military ground forces are helping the allied militiamen of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, the largely circulated Washington Post reports. The Pentagon announced last week it took military actions against IS at the request of the GNA, which has launched its anti-IS campaign since […]
Libyan Government of National Accord force Sunday started preparations for final assault against the Islamic State group in the city of Sirte after making headways into the city thanks to US airpower strikes on the militants’ positions last week, reports say. Misrata forces, allied to Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA,) have regained confidence following […]
Misrata brigade forces aligned with the Government of National Accord taking on the Islamic State (IS) group fighters in coastal city of Sirte welcomed the US airstrikes launched Monday and Tuesday against the militant group, saying the airstrikes reshaped pattern of fighting, reports say. Fighting against IS last week concentrated around Dollar neighborhood where brigade […]
Heavy gun shooting broke out Wednesday on the way to Tripoli airport between supporters of Benghazi Defense Brigades and forces loyal to warlord Ghneiwa, after Benghazians raised the flag of the Islamic State on a housing building. The shooting took place in the afternoon near Abu Sleem area, at unfinished housing blocks occupied by refugees […]
At the request of UN-backed Libyan unity government in Tripoli, the US launched airstrikes against ISIS positions in the strategic port city of Sirte to enable local government forces make a decisive and strategic advance to capture the city wherein jihadist fighters are entrenched. According to the Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook, US operated aircraft […]
The Egyptian government is hosting meetings between Libyan political rivals in a move to end deadlock between Head of unity government Faiez Serraj and President of House of Representatives (HoR) Ageela Saleh. The UN-backed political process in post Muammar Gaddafi Libya has been teetering with HoR refusing to endorse the Government of National Accord (GNA) […]
UNSMIL Head Martin Kobler Monday received a blow as Libyan army commander backed by the House of Representatives (HoR) threatened to attack any oil vessels entering Libyan waters if not authorized by National Oil Company (NOC) recognized by the HoR. Army Chief of staff Abdelrazak Nazhuri said the vessels will be attacked by army aviation […]
Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Faiez Serraj Monday formerly protested at French military presence as he met with French envoy at the sidelines of Arab League Summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, reports say. Serraj according to media team of his government had demanded from French Ambassador Antoine Sivan “an official explanation from the French government about the […]