Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory

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.

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

Three years ago, on October 23, the defeat of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi was celebrated across Libya after he had been captured and killed and Sirte had fallen.

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.