Egyptian troops are fighting in Libya to support General Khalifa Haftar’s forces, according to military sources.

Gen. Khalifa Hifter’s attempt to mobilize an army against the Islamic State (IS) in Libya might not yield tangible results, as this army is made up of civilian volunteers with little fighting experience.

Gen. Khalifa Hifter’s attempt to mobilize an army against the Islamic State (IS) in Libya might not yield tangible results, as this army is made up of civilian volunteers with little fighting experience.

Twenty five Libyan National Army (LNA) troops have been killed and 170 wounded in two weeks of fighting with Benghazi Revolutionary Shoura Council (BRSC).

MISRATA / SIRTE, Libya – More than four years since Misrata joined the revolution to overthrow strongman Moammer Gaddafi, a somber crowd turned out at dusk in downtown Misrata on Wednesday to bury their dead.

Warplanes from Libya’s UN-recognised government have attacked Tripoli’s only functioning commercial airport, temporarily stopping negotiators from travelling to Morocco for peace talks, officials have said.

France has set up a military base in Niger, just south of the Libyan border, hoping to cut off trafficking and supply routes, on which militant groups like Islamic State rely to spread their influence around the region, as Thomas Fessy reports.

Sirte/Misrata, Libya – A new battlefront in Libya emerged last weekend, when fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) clashed with armed groups from the city of Misrata loyal to the Islamist “Libya Dawn” alliance.

Fighters loyal to Libya’s Tripoli-based government clashed with Daesh near the town of Nofaliya, reports Associated Press.

The city of Misrata has announced a nigh time curfew in an attempt to consolidate security in the city.