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UN mission in Libya condemns deadly ISIS attack in Tazirbu town
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned Saturday the deadly terrorist attack on Tazirbu, an oasis in the southeast of Libya, 250 kilometers northwest of Kufra. "The Friday attack on the Tezirbu police station,…
Suspected ISIS attack on Libya’s desert town leaves nine killed
Gunmen raided on Friday Tazirbu town - deep in Libya’s southern desert - killing nine people and kidnapping several others, a resident told Reuters, while Libyan officials blamed the attack on the militant ISIS groups.A military…
UN mission in Libya condemns ISIS attack
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on Fuqahaa of Jufra district that killed five people."The UNSMIL strongly condemns the deadly attack on Fug'ha ... in central Libya in what local…
Libya’s police station in Jufra attacked by ISIS, 4 killed and 8 kidnapped
A total of four people, including the son of a local official, were killed on Monday in the attack on police station in central Libya committed by ISIS terrorists, local authorities said."Currently, four people from the al-Fuqaha…
More bodies found in mass grave in Libya’s Sirte, former ISIS stronghold
Emergency workers on Sunday uncovered another 35 bodies at a mass grave near Libya’s Sirte, authorities said, taking to 110 the total number of remains retrieved from the site.The municipal council in the former jihadist stronghold…
Mass grave unearthed near Libya’s Sirte
A mass grave containing 75 bodies has been found near Sirte in western Libya, an official said Wednesday.Mohamad al-Amial, Sirte's municipal council spokesman, reported that the mass grave was uncovered in an agricultural area of…
US Africa Command kills ISIS terrorist in drone attack in Libya
A US airstrike killed a suspected ISIS militant in Libya on Tuesday, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said.AFRICOM said in a statement that the airstrike on the northwestern town of Bani Walid was carried out in coordination with the…
ISIS claims attack on Libya’s Wadi Kaam checkpoint
ISIS claimed responsibility Saturday for a deadly attack on Thursday on a checkpoint in western Libya, as Libyan authorities announced the arrest of three suspected perpetrators.“Soldiers of the caliphate assaulted the ‘Wadi Kaam’…
UNSMIL condemns attack on Wadi Kaam Checkpoint in Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya condemns today’s terrorist attack on al-Kaam Checkpoint east of the Libyan capital Tripoli which resulted in at least four deaths and seven injuries among security personnel manning the…
ISIS attack on security checkpoint kills four in western Libya
An ISIS armed attack on Wadi Kaam security checkpoint between the western cities of Zletin and Al-Khums killed four personnel and sent three others to the intensive care unit, according to local media. The attack that took place on…
ISIS burns police station and kills two in Libya’s Ajdabiya
ISIS terrorists have killed two policemen at a checkpoint east Libyan city of Ajdabiya - Aqilah town.Sources from the city's Megaryf Hospital confirmed that two were killed and others were injured in the attack."The attack took…
US AFRICOM: We conducted precision strike killing 4 ISIS militants in Libya
In coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), U.S. forces conducted a precision airstrike near Bani Walid, Libya, on June 6, killing four SIS-Libya militants.US AFRICOM said in a statement that no civilians…
Over 30 Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS attack on Palmyra
At least 30 Syrian army troops and Iranian-backed militiamen were killed on Tuesday when ISIS fighters attacked a military outpost near Palmyra in eastern Syria, a monitor and residents from the area said.They said the militants…
Remains of Coptic Christians executed by ISIS in Libya will be returned to Egypt
Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan security official said.The bodies were recovered in October after…