BUGHREIN, Libya — At first, the Islamic State fighters confined themselves to charity work, holding contests for Koranic recitation and distributing money to help locals marry. In the initial months after they appeared in Sirte, the home town of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, early this year, the fighters were …

A car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group (ISIS) has killed nine people and wounded dozens in Libya’s eastern coastal city of Derna, a medical source said.

A Libyan Air force plane from Tobruk air base performed a strike on a boat carrying gunmen and ammunition off the port of Derna.

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) acknowledged losing control of the city of Derna in eastern Libya and promised to “avenge” its fighters, according to Agence France Presse.

Dozens of militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have entered Egypt from Libya in recent months, security and military officials warn.

قتل 21 من افراد قوات الحكومة الليبية المعترف بها دوليا في معارك عنيفة تخوضها هذه القوات منذ السبت مع مجموعات مسلحة غرب مدينة درنة شرق البلاد، بحسب ما افادت الثلاثاء وكالة للانباء.

Fighting raged between government forces and Islamists in eastern Libya on Tuesday, with 21 soldiers killed since the clashes broke out at the weekend, a medical official said.

In a major step towards normality in Derna, the Abu Sleem Martyrs Brigade is reported to have requested that the Ministry of Justice in Beida send three judges, three prosecutors and six criminal investigators to reactivate the judicial system in the town.

IS fighters appear to have taken heavy casualties in a daylong battle with the army outside of Derna. At least 15 were reported 15 killed and many others injured and captured.

A coalition of armed groups in the Libyan city of Derna say they have put the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group on the backfoot.