Benghazi residents were evacuated as army announced near total control of the city and militia groups denied reports of army success

Following last week’s opening of an Islamic Court in Derna, the Shoura Council of Islamic Youth (SCIY), controlled by Al-Sharia, is now moving to set up a civil administration for the town and area that they now call the Province of Cyrenaica (Wilayah Barca, ولاية برقة), part of the Islamic …

Tunisia, fearing possible terrorist attacks, will close its border with politically unstable Libya for three days to coincide with this weekend’s parliamentary election, the government said Thursday.

Two men from the Cyrenaican town of Shahat died at the hands of Islamic extremists in Derna on Wednesday, according to a source from within the military.

Clashes in the city and a suicide attack at a security checkpoint east of Benghazi leave at least 11 people dead.

Following its declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State (or Daesh), Derna’s Shoura Council of Islamic Youth (SCIY), part of the local Ansar Al-Sharia structure, has moved to formally institute an Islamic Court in the town.

Tripoli was gripped by disorder today as armed gangs seized four people and the unoccupied Egyptian embassy on the Corniche, attacked and ransacked in an assault by at least ten weapon-mounted vehicles.

Libya’s internationally recognized government ordered on Tuesday its military, led by renegade General Khalifa Haftar, to advance on the capital Tripoli and called for a civil disobedience there against armed Islamist groups.

Operation Dignity leaders expect to take complete control of Benghazi within a week despite almost continuous fighting in the city since the pro-government forces launched their counter attack on Wednesday.

The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Manji Hamidi, has said that the on-going crisis in Libya has huge repercussions for his country, including economic, political and security consequences,Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.