Armed groups have urged Libyans to mobilise against French and other foreign troops deployed in the country, denouncing their presence as a “blatant aggression”. The call by militias in the second city of Benghazi came after French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Wednesday that his country has soldiers in Libya. …
A two-pronged attack by Bunyan Marsous forces saw the final clearance of a key Sirte residential district but at a further heavy cost in lives, with 22 fighters killed and as many as 175 injured. The dawn assault today on the Hay Dolar district saw deaths and injuries from booby …
Amnesty International has expressed fears that the Benghazi Revolutionary Shoura Council (BRSC) is using captives as human shields in the battle with Libyan National Army (LNA). Commenting on videos produced by the BRSC in which three men held prisoner by Ansar Al-Sharia say that they and others are in danger …
Libya’s UN-backed government on Wednesday criticised the presence of French troops in the chaos-wracked country, as President Francois Hollande confirmed France has soldiers there after three servicemen died.
Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the defence ministry confirmed on Wednesday, in the first official confirmation that France has troops in the country. “Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian regrets the loss of three French officers who died while on mission in Libya,” the ministry said in a …
Islamic State group fighters could set up new cells across Libya and North Africa, as they are driven south and westwards from their Libyan stronghold, the UN has warned. It comes after pro-government militias continue to win back territories from the group who occupy the coastal city of Sirte.
The Bunyan Marsous operation to clear IS terrorists out of Sirte has had a bad day with at least 20 men killed and a 110 others injured, some of them very seriously. Misratan forces launched an attack this morning toward the Ouagadougou Centre which, with the Ibn Sina hospital and …
Libya’s new defence minister survived an assassination attempt by a car bomb on Wednesday, which injured one of his guards, an official statement by the ministry said.
As Misratan warplanes joined Banyan Marsous artillery attacking the main IS redoubt in Sirte, there are reports that a mass grave has been found on a farm on the southern edge of the town. It is not yet known how many bodies have been buried in the spot near a …
The young Liberian man went through hell, but when he reached Libya he hoped that there he’d be able to make a living and get an education. Instead, he entered another hell of imprisonment, then near death at sea.
