Local sources concerned with the displaced person’s file of Derna estimated the number of families displaced after the invasion of the so-called Dignity forces to more than 827 families.
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Libyan Red Crescent recovers over a hundred bodies in Derna
The Libyan Red Crescent Derna branch has recovered over one hundred bodies from different neighbourhoods in the city and buried them in the city’s cemetery of Al-Fatayeh. The Red Crescent had announced earlier that its team managed to evacuate more than 1800 families from different parts of the city, who …
4 east Libyan security force members killed in Derna
Four members of east Libyan security forces were killed in the city of Derna on Wednesday by a suicide bomber bearing a white flag as he drove towards a group of soldiers, a military spokesman said.
Libyan Army Arrested Osama Bin Laden’s Former Driver
The Libyan National Army has reached the last pockets of extremist resistance against LNA forces in the eastern city of Derna, arresting Osama bin Laden’s former driver Soufian bin Qamou, informed sources said.
Khalifa Haftar’s militias commit summary execution in Derna
Two unarmed men in civilian clothes were brutally executed by militants of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled army in Derna. A horrific video emerged online on Wednesday showing a group of militants beating, kicking and torturing the two men before killing them.
UN fears human rights abuses will increase in Derna as LNA takes full control
The UN has renewed its call for humanitarian access into the city of Derna where the Hafter-led Libyan National Army (LNA) claims it is in control of 75 percent of the city.
Haftar forces announce capture of Libya’s Derna
Forces loyal to Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar yesterday declared their control of new districts in Libya’s eastern city of Derna, where battles are taking place against the Derna Protection Forces (DPF). The announcement came in a statement by the Special Forces affiliated to Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) on Facebook.
Casualties as twin suicide attack hits eastern Libya
Civilians were among the casualties reported when two suicide bombers hit forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is leading an offensive against jihadists in an eastern town, a spokesman for his forces said on Tuesday. The explosions were heard across Derna as the bombers hit the Chiha district …
Amnesty International demands Haftar protect civilians and lift siege on Libya’s Derna
Amnesty International urged the leader of what it described as the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, and all parties involved in the fighting to urgently open humanitarian corridors to give impartial assistance and save the lives of civilians still trapped in the city as the army advances.
Libya violence: Fighting escalates in key city of Derna
Sixteen fighters have been killed and 11 others wounded in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. Fighting has intensified between forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar and local militias.